Historicizing transitions: The value of historical theory to energy transition research

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Published: Feb 26, 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29078/procesos.v.n52.2020.2612
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Environmental history history from the bottom up Anthropocene plural time in transitions

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Michael Gismondi
Athabasca University, Canadá
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5289-4403

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The present article provides four perspectives on history and the theory of long-term structural social change. It argues how these perspectives can bring forward the work on transitions, environmental history, historicizing the Anthropocene, history from the bottom up, and plural time. The purpose is to promote greater commitment to historical thinking as a way of learning about transitions, as we move forward in the work of accelerating more equitable and lower-carbon alternative futures.

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Procesos No. 52 (jul - dic 2020)
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Author Biography

Michael Gismondi, Athabasca University, Canadá

Profesor emérito de la Universidad de Athabasca, en Alberta (Canadá). Es PhD en Social & Political Thought en por la btuvo su doctorado en la Universidad de York, Toronto, en 1991. Sus investigaciones se centran en la extracción de recursos naturales y la sociología ambiental, los cuales estudia desde ámbitos interdisciplinarios. Sus publicaciones incluyen: Challenging Legitimacy at the Precipice of Energy Calamity, escrito con Debra Davidson (2011); y, The Emery Claim in Nicaragua and United States Foreign Policy. circa 1890-1910, publicado con Jeremy Mouat (2009).

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