Energy and spirit: Extraction, thermodynamics, and change
This article suggests new ways to think about energy and thermodynamics beyond an extractive, fossil-fuel model. The predominant economic model of the modern world has been driven by the extraction and exploitation of fossil fuels—first coal and then oil. These are powerful forces, although their de...
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| Tipo di documento: | Elettronico Articolo |
| Lingua: | Inglese |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2023
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Dialog
Anno: 2023, Volume: 62, Fascicolo: 2, Pagine: 165-172 |
| Notazioni IxTheo: | CF Cristianesimo; scienza KAH Età moderna KAJ Età contemporanea NCG Etica ecologica; etica del creato NCJ Etica della scienza |
| Altre parole chiave: | B
Thermodynamics
B New Materialism B energy exchange |
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| Riepilogo: | This article suggests new ways to think about energy and thermodynamics beyond an extractive, fossil-fuel model. The predominant economic model of the modern world has been driven by the extraction and exploitation of fossil fuels—first coal and then oil. These are powerful forces, although their development is more complicated than we might suspect. At the same time, they influence the new science of thermodynamics, which is tied to heat and heat engines that are fueled by carbon-based inputs extracted from the earth. By attending to the work of Nicolas Georgescu-Roegen, however, we can see how energy and thermodynamics can be linked to a different economic model that is not primarily extractive. And this opens up to new perspectives on energy and change, including one that views energy more explicitly in terms of spirit. We can think about energy as something that avoids the dichotomy of matter and spirit in a way such that it participates in both. |
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| ISSN: | 1540-6385 |
| Comprende: | Enthalten in: Dialog
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/dial.12795 |