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Who Lit this Fire? Approaching the History of the Fossil Economy

Andreas Malm, professor of human ecology at Lund University, is one of the leading figures of the latest generation of ecomarxists, with pioneering contributions to the historiography on the link between global warming and the development of fossil capitalism. His book Fossil Capital is a key study on the subject. As an introduction to his…

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Reviews in Cultural Theory: Energy Humanities

The collection of essays in this special issue of Reviews in Cultural Theory–Energy Humanities, edited by Jeff Diamanti and Ryan Bellamy, were first presented at the annual meeting of the Modern Languages Association in Vancouver in 2015. They were sparked by what a vast and diverse group of scholars have labelled Energy Humanities since the…

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On the Energy Humanities: Contributions from the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Arts to Understanding Energy Transition and Energy Impasse

On the Energy Humanities: Contributions from the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Arts to Understanding Energy Transition and Energy Impasse is a report by the SSHRC Imagining Canada’s Future Initiative, Knowledge Synthesis Grants, led by Imre Szeman, that was elaborated to conduct a study of contemporary research on the social, cultural and political components of energy…

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After Oil

After Oil is a joint piece of writing from the University of Alberta’s Petrocultures Research Group. It is based on the thoughts and insigts of 35 international humanities researchers and artists who met in Edmonton in 2015 to discuss how oil has affected postindustrial society. After Oil is held together by three premises that support…

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