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Energija kot družbeni fenomen
Energy as a social phenomenon

energy in the anthropological research

Author(s): Nina Vodopivec
Subject(s): Anthropology, Energy and Environmental Studies, Recent History (1900 till today), 19th Century
Published by: Inštitut za novejšo zgodovino
Keywords: energy;energy policy;anthropology;anthropologic study;anthropological theories;turn of the 20th century;19th – 20th Century; research interests; energy recovery and supply

Summary/Abstract: The following contribution provides an overview of energy, energy supply, policies and recovery research in anthropology. Besides the various anthropological viewpoints and researches the article outlines the wider research interests in studying energy in the social sciences and humanities from the historical viewpoint. In her article the author shows that the energy supply research is intertwined with the concepts of social development, progress and modernisation as well as the connections between people, society and nature.

  • Issue Year: 54/2014
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 177-193
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Slovenian