Political Theory Needs the Alien (and Vice Versa)

Key Points

• The author aims to highlight the interplay between political theory and the concept of the alien in the context of astropolitics.
• Provides a detailed précis of the forthcoming book titled Theory of the Alien.
• Discusses themes of spacepower and the implications of extraterrestrial concepts in political theory.
• Suggests that political theory can benefit from integrating ideas about the alien.
• Indicates that understanding spacepower requires a new theoretical approach involving the alien.