Energy Humanities. Current State and Future Directions

✍ Scribed by Matúš Mišík, Nada Kujundžić

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing;Springer
• Year: 2021
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 216
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This edited book explicitly deals with the energy humanities, summarising existing knowledge in the area and outlining possible future directions for the nascent field. Assuming a variety of disciplinary stances and using a plethora of methodologies to address a number of pressing energy-related issues, the individual contributions showcase the crucial importance of including the humanities and social sciences into the current discussion on energy. Furthermore, they illustrate one of the central claims of the energy humanities, namely, that energy permeates all aspects of our contemporary modes of existence, and is inextricably linked with historical, political, social, ideological, and cultural issues, relationships, and practices.
Through numerous case studies, Energy Humanities and Energy Transition looks to the past, present, and future in search of examples of best practices and possible models for pathways to a successful energy transition and life ‘after oilʼ. While much of existing research on energy humanities has been criticised for its excessive focus on oil, this book considers a wide range of energy resources, including nuclear energy, renewables, and natural gas. Furthermore, it brings to the forefront under-researched topics such as the colonial legacy inscribed in energy infrastructure and the energy history of the humanities. The contributions in this volume explore not only how the perspectives and expertise of the humanities and social sciences can alter the discourse on energy transition, and our way of thinking about possible solutions and future scenarios, but also how their new focus on energy affects the disciplines themselves.
Energy Humanities and Energy Transition presents a variety of theories, methods, topics, and disciplinary angles, meaning it will be of interest to a wide audience, from practitioners and policy makers, to students and researchers working across the humanities and social sciences. The thematically oriented structure, distinct focus of each individual chapter, and the comprehensive introduction and conclusion that contextualize the contributions within the wider framework of energy transition, make this edited book accessible to readers from many different fields and suitable for various university programs.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii
Introduction (Matúš Mišík, Nada Kujundžić)....Pages 1-19
Front Matter ....Pages 21-21
Towards a Critical Theory of Energy (Imre Szeman)....Pages 23-36
Fats and Spirits: A Story of Modern Humanities’ Energy Dependence (Dan Tamïr)....Pages 37-51
Front Matter ....Pages 67-67
Natural Gas in the Process of Eurasian Integration (Justin Tomczyk)....Pages 55-65
Natural Gas’ Changing Discourse in European Decarbonisation (John Szabo)....Pages 67-88
Best Practices in Effective Climate Policy Implementation, Governance, and Accountability: The UK Committee on Climate Change (Michael (Mishka) Lysack)....Pages 89-108
Front Matter ....Pages 109-109
Toxicity, Fossil Fuels, and Climate Change in Pionér and Okkupert (Tatiana Prorokova-Konrad)....Pages 111-125
Histories of the Present: Tar Sands Photography and Colonial Cultural Production (Samantha Spady, Siobhan Angus)....Pages 127-148
The Future Is Nuclear: Energy Weapon in Isaac Asimov’s Foundation (Matúš Mišík, Nada Kujundžić)....Pages 149-167
Implicating the ‘Factual’ in U.S. Nuclear Fiction: Nuclear Criticism’s Perspective (Inna Sukhenko)....Pages 169-185
The Nuclear Mundane: Geology and the Unthinkable (Laura Pannekoek)....Pages 187-198
Conclusion: Where We Are and Where We Are Going (Nada Kujundžić, Matúš Mišík)....Pages 199-204
Back Matter ....Pages 205-213

✦ Subjects

Energy; Energy, general; Culture and Technology; Natural Resource and Energy Economics; Science and Technology Studies; Climate Change Management and Policy; International Political Economy