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Fossil Capitalism

Fossil Capitalism is a historical-materialist theory that identifies the co-constitutive relationship between capitalist economic expansion and the reliance on fossil fuel energy as the defining feature distinguishing it from other models of industrial development.

33

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1.9K

Citations

41

Authors

26

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

18

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Publications

33

Facing the Anthropocene: Fossil Capitalism and the Crisis of the Earth System

Victor Wallis · Socialism and Democracy · 2016 · 297 citations

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Beyond the subterranean energy regime? Fuel, land use and the production of space

Matthew T. Huber, James J. McCarthy · Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers · 2017 · 187 citations

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The Origins of Fossil Capital: From Water to Steam in the British Cotton Industry

Andreas Malm · Historical Materialism · 2013 · 180 citations

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Crisis and continuity of capitalist society-nature relationships: The imperial mode of living and the limits to environmental governance

Ulrich Brand, Markus Wissen · Review of International Political Economy · 2012 · 131 citations

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The Social and Natural Environment of Fossil Capitalism

Elmar Altvater · Socialist register · 2007 · 130 citations

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Authors

41

  1. AM
    Andreas Malm

    Lund University, Sweden

    4 publications · 306 citations

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  2. MW
    Markus Wissen

    University of Vienna, Austria

    2 publications · 141 citations

    2

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  3. CT
    Carlos Tornel

    Durham University, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 68 citations

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  4. NM
    Nils Markusson

    Lancaster University, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 77 citations

    1

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  5. LL
    Lukáš Lehotský

    Masaryk University, Czechia

    1 publications · 37 citations

    1

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Institutions

26

  1. Lund University

    Lund, Sweden

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    293 citations

  2. University of Victoria

    Victoria, Canada

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    56 citations

  3. Delft University of Technology

    Delft, The Netherlands

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    90 citations

  4. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    77 citations

  5. Ghent University Hospital

    Ghent, Belgium

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    33 citations

  6. Berklee College of Music

    Boston, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    297 citations

  7. University of Alberta

    Edmonton, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    17 citations

  8. Lancaster University

    Lancaster, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    154 citations

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Venues

  1. Socialist studies

    2 publications · 52 citations

    2

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  2. Review of International Political Economy

    1 publications · 131 citations

    2

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  3. Capitalism Nature Socialism

    CNS · 2 publications · 47 citations

    2

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  4. Socialism and Democracy

    2 publications · 325 citations

    2

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  5. Energy Research & Social Science

    ERSS · 2 publications · 114 citations

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