Transitioning to a post-carbon society : degrowth, austerity and wellbeing /: degrowth, austerity and wellbeing. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Ernest Garcia, Mercedes Martinez-Iglesias and Peadar Kirby.
• Editors: Garcia, Ernest; Martínez-Iglesias, Mercedes; Kirby, Peadar
• Contents: Acknowledgements; Contents; Note on Contributors; Introduction; Mapping the Challenges; Post-Carbon Research Project; Outline of the Book; References; Part I: Transition; chapter 1: The Deadlock of the Thermo-Industrial Civilization: The (Impossible?) Energy Transition in the Anthropocene; Foreword: Nature and the Concept of Historical Trajectory; Technology as a European Pre-Industrial Social Fact; A Brief Socio-Anthropological Approach to the Anthropocene: A Positivist Metaphysics of Nature; The Dark Side of the Term Anthropocene. Work and Energy: The Conceptual Victory of the "Thermo-Industry" The Time of Transition: Trajectory Versus Trend; Work and Energy, Strange Conceptual Inventions; The Three Phenomenological Phases of the Thermo-Industry; The First Transition Phase: Viscous Mobility and Network Design; The Second Transition Phase: Oil and Liquid Mobility, the Implementation of Technical Macro-Systems; The Third Phase of the Energy Transition and the New Stage of the Thermo-Industrial Way: The Obsession with Immediacy and the Absolute Flow of Electricity. The Issue of Energy Cannibalism in the Transition to Electricity and the German DilemmaThe Temporality of Evolution and Technological Evolutionism; Is Another Transition Way Possible?; Conclusion: Rupture Beyond Transition; Notes; References; Chapter 2: Uncertainties, Inertia and Cognitive and Psychosocial Obstacles to a Smooth Transition; Introduction; Obstacles to Adequate Perception; Exponential Growth; The Tyranny of Small Decisions or the Isolation Paradox; The Mythification of Progress; Intentional Manipulation of Consciousness. The Physical Limits of the Planet and Their Consequences: The Need for a Systemic or Holistic VisionBetween Informed Lucidity and the Paralysis of Will; Social and Mental Inertias; Extreme Interdependencies and the Dangers of Apraxia; Mental Inertias and Cultural Dynamism: Which Will Prevail?; The Idea of Austerity as a Source of Confusion; Does Austerity Mean Living Worse?; Austerity and Ecological Footprint; The Transition to a 100% Renewable Energy Model; Reducing Transport; Is Solidarity Possible in a Context of Scarcity?; On Complexity, Sustainability and Resilience; Conclusion; Notes.
• Publisher Details: London : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 339.5; Political science; Climatic changes; Economics; Environmental policy; Anthropology; Environmental sociology; Economic development; Social change; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- Macroeconomics; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Economic Conditions; Anthropology; Climatic changes; Economic development; Economics; Environmental policy; Environmental sociology; Political science; Social change; Science -- Global Warming & Climate Change; Social Science -- Sociology -- General; Political Science -- Public Policy -- Environmental Policy; Social Science -- Anthropology -- General; The environment; Sociology; Environmental policy & protocols; Development studies; Anthropology; Political economy; Political economy; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781349951765; 1349951765; 1349951757; 9781349951758
• Related ISBNs: 9781349951758
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 25, 2017).
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