Carbon Capitalism Energy, Social Reproduction and World Order By: Tim Di Muzio Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Print ISBN: 9781783480975, 1783480971 eText ISBN: 9781783480999, 1783480998 Edition: 1st Format: EPUB Available from $ 45.50 USD SKU: 9781783480999 Modern civilization and the social reproduction of capitalism are bound inextricably with fossil fuel consumption. But as carbon energy resources become scarcer, what implications will this have for energy-intensive modes of life? Can renewable energy sustain high levels of accumulation?? Or will we witness the end of existing capitalist economies? This book provides an innovative and timely study that mobilizes a new theory of capitalism to explain the rise and fall of petro-market civilization. Di Muzio investigates how theorists of political economy have largely taken energy for granted and illuminates how the exploitation of fossil fuels increased the universalization and magnitude of capital accumulation. He then examines the likelihood of renewable resources providing a feasible alternative and asks whether they can beat peak oil prices to sustain food production, health care, science and democracy. Using the capital as power framework, this book considers the unevenly experienced consequences of monetizing fossil fuels for people and the planet. Additional ISBNs 9781783480982, 178348098X SKU: 9781783480975 Ebooks here: https://ebookscoffee.sellpass.io/products/Carbon-Capitalism
