92 Pages
by
Routledge
90 Pages
by
Routledge
90 Pages
by
Routledge
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This volume focuses on the social, cultural, and ecological consequences of a political economy of energy. A political economy of energy holds that an enduring hallmark of the current context is a reorganization of human society toward energy extraction and production. Limits to Terrestrial Extraction looks at the construction of society itself as an energy-harvesting “megamachine,” the... Read more
List of Contributors
1. Introduction
Robert E. Kirsch
2. Mumford and Bataille: Towards a Political Economy of Energy Consumption
Robert E. Kirsch
3. Climate Change and Decarbonization: The Politics of Delusion, Delay, and Destruction in Ecopragmatic Energy Extractivism
Timothy W. Luke
4. Star Power: Outer Space Mining and the Metabolic Rift
Emily Ray and Sean Parson
5. Conclusion
Robert E. Kirsch and Emily Ray
Index
Biography
Robert E. Kirsch is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Leadership and Integrative Studies at Arizona State University, USA.
