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Past and Present Energy Societies: How Energy Connects Politics, Technologies and Cultures
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Abstract Abundant, salutary, problematic - energy makes history. As a symbol, resource and consumer good, it shapes technologies, politics, societies and cultural world views. Focussing on a range of energy types, from electricity and oil to bioenergy, this volume analyzes the social, cultural and political ... view more
Abundant, salutary, problematic - energy makes history. As a symbol, resource and consumer good, it shapes technologies, politics, societies and cultural world views. Focussing on a range of energy types, from electricity and oil to bioenergy, this volume analyzes the social, cultural and political concepts and discourses of energy and their implementation and materialization within technical systems, applications, media representations and consumer practice. By examining and connecting production, mediation and consumption aspects from an international and interdisciplinary perspective, the book offers an innovative view on how energy is imagined, discussed, staged and used.... view less
Keywords
energy; technology; energy consumption; electricity; energy industry; energy saving; energy policy; bioenergy; energy source; historical development; twentieth century
Classification
Sociology of Science, Sociology of Technology, Research on Science and Technology
Special areas of Departmental Policy
Ecology, Environment
Free Keywords
History of Technology; Environmental History
Document language
English
Publication Year
2012
Publisher
transcript Verlag
City
Bielefeld
Page/Pages
338 p.
Series
Science Studies
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14361/transcript.9783839419649
ISBN
978-3-8394-1964-9
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0