European Identity through Space
Subtitle: Space Activities and Programmes as a Tool to Reinvigorate the European Identity
By: edited by Christophe Venet, Blandina Baranes
Contributors: Baranes, Blandina; SpringerLink (Online service)
Series: Studies in Space Policy -- 9
Publisher: Springer Vienna; Imprint: Springer
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Vienna
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 318
ISBN-13: 9783709109762
Subjects: Air and Outer Space Law of the Sea; Engineering; Astronautics; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics
Description: Space activities are one particularly visible area, where Europe can shape its identity. This publication investigates the effect space activities have already had on building a European “spirit” (e.g. through European missions or European astronauts). It also looks into the effects that activities labelled “national” have on the emergence of a European identity. Based on this analysis, the book's intention is to identify creative ways and means for how to further use space for shaping the European identity. For this purpose the focus is not only on policy analysis but also on expertise from the fields of cultural science and the arts in order to tap their creative potential and also their theoretical approaches to the topic. Selecting this theme provides ESPI with another opportunity to develop its trans-disciplinary approach.
Table of contents: title: Identity-attempt of a definition; title: A European identity through space - what have we achieved?.-  Perspectives from space studies; title: Perspectives from the humanities.