Overview

Humanities scholarship around energy has reached a point in terms of profile, complexity, and sheer volume of reporting that a general review and assessment of existing knowledge and future research priorities is warranted. So far, such a product does not exist. Filling this lacuna, the Routledge Handbook of Energy Humanities is a state-of-the-art reference resource that consolidates the large and growing amount of knowledge and expertise in the field in the form of targeted contributions by leading experts. Taking as its starting point the fact that energy poses a significant global challenge, which is not only technological in nature, but also fundamentally social, cultural and political, the Handbook organised into four key Parts: Part I: Disciplining Energy Part II: Categorising Energy Part III: Representing Energy Part IV: Situating Energy Part V: Conclusion This structure and the nature of the contributions will allow the reader to quickly find a concise expert review on topics that are most likely to arise in the course of conducting research, and to obtain a broad, reliable survey of what is presently known about the subject. The Handbook will be of great interest to energy researchers across the world in a number of disciplines, as well as to museums, arts and environmental organisations, governments, and policymakers.

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Author:   Graeme Macdonald (University of Warwick, UK) ,  Janet Stewart (Durham University, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
ISBN:  

9780415439534

ISBN 10:   0415439531
Pages:   408
Publication Date:   31 January 2026
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction, Editors Part I: Disciplining Energy 2. The Sociology of Energy 3. The Geo-Politics of Energy 4. Anthropology and Energy 5. Energy History 6. Energy and Architecture 7. History and Philosophy of Science 8. Energy Law 9. Energy and Ethics 10. Energy and Environmental Studies / Ecocriticism 11. Energy and Cultural Analysis 12. Energy and (World) Literature 13. Energy and Politics Part II: Categorising Energy 14. Wood / Coal 15. Steam: Andreas Malm 16. Nuclear 17. Oil / Petroculture 18. Gas 19. Thermodynamics 20. Electricity 21. Renewable Energy 22. Calories / Food Part III: Representing Energy 22. The Art of Energy 23. Curating Energy 24. Dramatizing/Performing Energy 25. Filming Energy 26. Poetics of Energy 27. Energy Imaginaries Part IV: Situating Energy 28. Energy and Colonialism/Post- Colonialism 29. The Right to Energy/Energy Justice/Energy Poverty and Environmental Justice 30. Energy’s Environment/Thinking the Anthropocene 31. Energy Cities 32. Energy Activism 33. Gendering Energy 34. Energy Humanities and Medical Humanities/Health and Risk Humanities 35. Energy Waste/Wasting Energy/Conserving Energy 36. Energy Sources and other Natural Resources 37. Energy Transitions 38. Energy Heritage/History 39. Energy and Labour 40. Energy and Climate Change 41. Energy Infrastructures/Technologies 42. Thinking Energy/The Language of Energy 43. Energy Crisis/Energy Dystopia 44. Corporeal Energy 45. Future Directions

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