Cultures of Energy: Power, Practices, Technologies

By: Sarah Strauss and Stephanie Rupp and Thomas Love

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Synopsis: This path-breaking volume explores cultures of energy, the underlying but under-appreciated dimensions of both crisis and innovation in resource use around the globe. Theoretical chapters situate pressing energy issues in larger conceptual frames, and ethnographic case studies reveal energy as it is imagined, used, and contested in a variety of cultural contexts. Contributors address issues including the connection between resource flows and social relationships in energy systems; cultural transformation and notions of progress and collapse; the blurring of technology and magic; social tensions that accompany energy contraction; and sociocultural changes required in affluent societies to reduce dependence on fossil fuels. Each of five thematic sections concludes with an integrative and provocative conversation among the authors. The volume is an ideal tool for teaching unique, contemporary, and comparative perspectives on social theories of science and technology in undergraduate and graduate courses.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 360 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781315430843
Related ISBNs:: 9781611321678, 9781611326857, 9781315430850, 9781611321661, 9781611321661, 9781611321654, 9781611321654, 9781315430850, 9781611321654, 9781611321661
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 03/20/20
Copyrighted By:: N/A
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Social Studies
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Sarah Strauss
Edited by:: Stephanie Rupp
Edited by:: Thomas Love