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Acknowledgements; Contents; Note on Contributors; Introduction; Mapping the Challenges; Post-Carbon Research Project; Outline of the Book; References; Part I: Transition; chapter 1: The Deadlock of the Thermo-Industrial Civilization: The (Impossible?) Energy Transition in the Anthropocene; Foreword: Nature and the Concept of Historical Trajectory; Technology as a European Pre-Industrial Social Fact; A Brief Socio-Anthropological Approach to the Anthropocene: A Positivist Metaphysics of Nature; The Dark Side of the Term Anthropocene.
Work and Energy: The Conceptual Victory of the "Thermo-Industry" The Time of Transition: Trajectory Versus Trend; Work and Energy, Strange Conceptual Inventions; The Three Phenomenological Phases of the Thermo-Industry; The First Transition Phase: Viscous Mobility and Network Design; The Second Transition Phase: Oil and Liquid Mobility, the Implementation of Technical Macro-Systems; The Third Phase of the Energy Transition and the New Stage of the Thermo-Industrial Way: The Obsession with Immediacy and the Absolute Flow of Electricity.
The Issue of Energy Cannibalism in the Transition to Electricity and the German DilemmaThe Temporality of Evolution and Technological Evolutionism; Is Another Transition Way Possible?; Conclusion: Rupture Beyond Transition; Notes; References; Chapter 2: Uncertainties, Inertia and Cognitive and Psychosocial Obstacles to a Smooth Transition; Introduction; Obstacles to Adequate Perception; Exponential Growth; The Tyranny of Small Decisions or the Isolation Paradox; The Mythification of Progress; Intentional Manipulation of Consciousness.
The Physical Limits of the Planet and Their Consequences: The Need for a Systemic or Holistic VisionBetween Informed Lucidity and the Paralysis of Will; Social and Mental Inertias; Extreme Interdependencies and the Dangers of Apraxia; Mental Inertias and Cultural Dynamism: Which Will Prevail?; The Idea of Austerity as a Source of Confusion; Does Austerity Mean Living Worse?; Austerity and Ecological Footprint; The Transition to a 100% Renewable Energy Model; Reducing Transport; Is Solidarity Possible in a Context of Scarcity?; On Complexity, Sustainability and Resilience; Conclusion; Notes.
Work and Energy: The Conceptual Victory of the "Thermo-Industry" The Time of Transition: Trajectory Versus Trend; Work and Energy, Strange Conceptual Inventions; The Three Phenomenological Phases of the Thermo-Industry; The First Transition Phase: Viscous Mobility and Network Design; The Second Transition Phase: Oil and Liquid Mobility, the Implementation of Technical Macro-Systems; The Third Phase of the Energy Transition and the New Stage of the Thermo-Industrial Way: The Obsession with Immediacy and the Absolute Flow of Electricity.
The Issue of Energy Cannibalism in the Transition to Electricity and the German DilemmaThe Temporality of Evolution and Technological Evolutionism; Is Another Transition Way Possible?; Conclusion: Rupture Beyond Transition; Notes; References; Chapter 2: Uncertainties, Inertia and Cognitive and Psychosocial Obstacles to a Smooth Transition; Introduction; Obstacles to Adequate Perception; Exponential Growth; The Tyranny of Small Decisions or the Isolation Paradox; The Mythification of Progress; Intentional Manipulation of Consciousness.
The Physical Limits of the Planet and Their Consequences: The Need for a Systemic or Holistic VisionBetween Informed Lucidity and the Paralysis of Will; Social and Mental Inertias; Extreme Interdependencies and the Dangers of Apraxia; Mental Inertias and Cultural Dynamism: Which Will Prevail?; The Idea of Austerity as a Source of Confusion; Does Austerity Mean Living Worse?; Austerity and Ecological Footprint; The Transition to a 100% Renewable Energy Model; Reducing Transport; Is Solidarity Possible in a Context of Scarcity?; On Complexity, Sustainability and Resilience; Conclusion; Notes.