Pour une histoire des symbioses énergétiques et matérielles

Abstract

Avec l’urgence climatique, l’expression « transition énergétique » a acquis un tel prestige que les historiens en sont venus à l’employer pour décrire toutes sortes de processus, y compris ceux qui furent, à rigoureusement parler, des additions énergétiques. Le problème de la « transition énergétique » est qu’elle projette un passé qui n’existe pas sur un futur pour le moins fantomatique. Cet article propose une nouvelle façon d’aborder l’histoire de l’énergie en tant que dynamique d’accumulation symbiotique.

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An anthropocene-framed transdisciplinary dialog at the chemistry-energy nexus

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Yet Another Transition? Mountain Areas’ Conflicts and Trajectories Facing Socio-Ecological Changes

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