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Peak oil : apocalyptic environmentalism and libertarian political culture / Matthew Schneider-Mayerson.
De Gruyter University of Chicago Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schneider-Mayerson, Matthew, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hubbert peak theory--Political aspects.
- Hubbert peak theory.
- Hubbert peak theory--Social aspects.
- Environmentalism.
- Petroleum industry and trade--Industrial capacity--Forecasting.
- Petroleum industry and trade.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (278 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2015]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In recent years, the concept of "peak oil"-the moment when global oil production peaks and a train of economic, social, and political catastrophes accompany its subsequent decline-has captured the imagination of a surprisingly large number of Americans, ordinary citizens as well as scholars, and created a quiet, yet intense underground movement. In Peak Oil, Matthew Schneider-Mayerson takes readers deep inside the world of "peakists," showing how their hopes and fears about the postcarbon future led them to prepare for the social breakdown they foresee-all of which are fervently discussed and debated via websites, online forums, videos, and novels. By exploring the worldview of peakists, and the unexpected way that the fear of peak oil and climate change transformed many members of this left-leaning group into survivalists, Schneider-Mayerson builds a larger analysis of the rise of libertarianism, the role of oil in modern life, the political impact of digital technologies, the racial and gender dynamics of post-apocalyptic fantasies, and the social organization of environmental denial.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Oil and (Anti-)Politics
- One. The Peak Oil Ideology and Subculture
- Two. Abundance, Scarcity, and Limits in the Age of Oil
- Three. Alone Together: The Libertarian Shift and the Network Effect
- Four. Apocalyptic Popular Culture and Political Quiescence
- Five. White Masculinity and Post-Apocalyptic Retrosexuality
- Conclusion: Climate Change and the Big Picture
- Appendix 1: Survey Data
- Appendix 2: Questionnaire, July 2013
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)
- ISBN:
- 9780226285573
- 022628557X
- OCLC:
- 922640625
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