Rhythms animate our lives and the worlds we inhabit. Rhythms of
getting things done, of working technologies, of day and night and the
seasons, and of shared patterns of work, home-life and moving around.
Rhythms are also intrinsically about flows of energy – heat, light,
motion – from the smallest movements of muscles, to the
petrol-fuelled rhythms of the rush hour, the spinning of wind turbines
and shifting cycles of solar radiation. This book sets out to energise
Lefebvre’s rhythmanalysis in order to develop a novel and far
reaching polyrhythmic conceptualisation of the beats and pulses of our
relations with energy in both its natural and technological forms.
Social theory, thermodynamic thinking and diverse streams of
energy-oriented research are brought together to trace how the climate
crisis has the rhythmic patterning of big power energy systems at its
core; and how transitioning to a just, low carbon future means
transforming energy systems and our everyday dependencies on them into
new rhythmic patterns and interrelations.
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ISBN
9781786613363
Publisert
2021
Utgiver
Vendor
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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