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Thinking Like an Iceberg OLIVIER REMAUD École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) Translated by Stephen Muecke When we imagine the polar regions, we see a largely lifeless world covered in snow and ice where icebergs drift listlessly through frozen waters, like solitary wanderers of the oceans floating aimlessly in total silence. But nothing could be further from the truth. This book takes us into the secret world of icebergs and glaciers to discover what they are really like. Through a series of historical vignettes recalling some of the most tragic and most exhilarating encounters between human beings and these gigantic pieces of ice and through vivid descriptions of their cycles of creation and destruction, Olivier Remaud shows that these entities are teeming with many forms of life and that there is a deep continuity between iceberg life and human life. 216 x 138mm | 192 pages | UK June 2022, US September 2022 HB | 978-1-5095-5146-0 | £50.00 | $64.95 | €61.90 PB | 978-1-5095-5147-7 | £15.99 | $22.95 | €19.90 ebook available Energy Revolutions A History BRIAN C. BLACK Penn State University The most basic law of physics is this: energy flows. In that sentence the whole world is defined: a theory of motion, of growth, heat, light and power. For a historian, who looks at causation in human affairs, it suggests that energy and its transfer from one object to another might be the key to understanding our history. Brian Black explores humans’ first experiences with the sailing ship, burning coal, nuclear reactions, and fracking for natural gas. As each source of power was discovered, different societies surged ahead of their peers, until the advent of fossil fuels in the late nineteenth century united the world – and brought it close to destruction. This monumental book seeks to explain the past via the ways human beings have harnessed energy, and its role shaping our societies and our futures. It will make the reader look with fresh eyes on the story of our civilization. SERIES: ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY 229 x 152mm | 252 pages | UK December 2022, US March 2023 HB | 978-1-5095-2958-2 | £20.00 | $25.00 | €24.90 ebook available A History of the Wind ALAIN CORBIN Translated by William Peniston Everyone knows the wind’s touch, its presence, its force. Sometimes it roars and howls, at other times we hear its wistful sighs and feel its soothing caresses. Since antiquity humans have borne witness to the wind, and relied on it to navigate the seas. And yet despite its presence at the heart of human experience, the wind has evaded scrutiny in our chronicles of the past. In this brilliantly original volume, Alain Corbin sets out to illuminate the wind’s storied history, from ancient Greek epics to the modern era. He shows how, prior to the nineteenth century, the noisy emptiness of wind was only experienced and described according to the sensations it provoked. It was only in the late eighteenth century, with the discovery of the composition of air, that scientists began to understand the nature of wind and its trajectories. But while science has enabled us to understand the wind and, in some respects, to harness it, the wind has lost nothing of its mysterious force. 216 x 138mm | 170 pages | UK November 2022, US February 2023 HB | 978-1-5095-5205-4 | £14.99 | $19.95 | €18.90 ebook available Follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram 2 Order online at politybooks.com @politybooks facebook.com/poltybooks @politybooks
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Plastic Unlimited How Corporations Are Fuelling the Ecological Crisis and What We Can Do About It ALICE MAH University of Warwick ‘hard-hitting and insightful.’ Beth Gardiner, author of Choked: The Age of Air Pollution and the Fight for a Cleaner Future ‘blows the lid off the many myths and deceptive tactics propagated and employed by an industry desperately seeking to extend our continuing addiction to fossil fuels.’ Von Hernandez, 2003 Goldman Prize awardee and Break Free From Plastic movement ‘Exquisitely useful and a must-read… Plastics Unlimited is the book I’ve been waiting for.’ Max Liboiron, Memorial University Despite the global movement to tackle plastic pollution, demand for plastics continues to rise. This incisive book reveals how petrochemical and plastics corporations are at the root of this problem. They have fought relentlessly to protect and expand plastic markets in the face of existential threats to business. We all have a part to play in reducing plastic consumption but we must tackle the problem at its root – the capitalist imperative for limitless growth. 216 x 138mm | 196 pages | UK May 2022, US July 2022 HB | 978-1-5095-4945-0 | £45.00 | $59.95 | €55.90 PB | 978-1-5095-4946-7 | £14.99 | $19.95 | €18.90 ebook available Animal Crisis A new critical theory ALICE CRARY AND LORI GRUEN The New School for Social Research; Wesleyan University In stark contrast to traditional theories in animal ethics, Animal Crisis makes the case that there can be no animal liberation without human emancipation. Borrowing from critical theories such as ecofeminism, leading philosophers Crary and Gruen present a critical animal theory for understanding and combating the structural forces that enable the diminishment of so many to the advantage of a few. With seven case studies of complex human-animal relations, they make an urgent plea to dismantle the “human supremacism” that is devastating animal lives and hurtling us toward ecocide.. 216 x 138mm | 176 pages | UK May 2022, US September 2022 HB | 978-1-5095-4967-2 | £50.00 | $64.95 | €61.90 PB | 978-1-5095-4968-9 | £15.99 | $22.95 | €19.90 ebook available The Clean Energy Transition Policies and Politics for a Zero-Carbon World DANIEL J. FIORINO American University “provides the serious student in energy policy a fresh look at recent challenges” Daniel S. Zachary, Johns Hopkins University Is the goal of a transition to clean energy at all realistic? If so, how could it be accomplished? In this book, Daniel Fiorino provides a comprehensive introduction to the politics and policies of a clean energy transition and how it may unfold nationally and globally. Across its nine chapters, he explores the current energy landscape and the different pathways and pitfalls on the road to decarbonization. All scenarios for decarbonizing, he argues, rely on aggressive efficiency, rapid scale-up of renewables, and electrification of most of what is left. Yet this transition has to be accelerated and done effectively. There is little time for do-overs if we are to decarbonize later this century. The Clean Energy Transition will be an indispensable resource for students of energy politics, environmental studies and public policy as well as anyone interested in the energy issues of the day. 229 x 152mm | 286 pages | UK September 2022, US December 2022 HB | 978-1-5095-4486-8 | £55.00 | $69.95 | €67.90 PB | 978-1-5095-4487-5 | £17.99 | $26.95 | €21.90 ebook available A Green and Global Europe NATHALIE TOCCI Istituto Affari Internazionali After years of existential crisis, Europe has found a new raison d’être: the European Green Deal and the energy transition that lies at its core. This green Europe represents a normative vision, an economic growth strategy, as well as a route to a political Union that would enhance EU integration and legitimacy. But, as Nathalie Tocci warns, this unique opportunity can only be realized if the EU can address the social, economic, political and geopolitical ramifications of this epochal change. The EU, she argues, must not act in isolation or ignore the adverse effects of the transition on member states and neighbours. It must also address the global cleavages that may arise with China, the transatlantic relationship and the Global South as a result of the EU’s green agenda. By adopting a truly global approach to the energy transition, Europe can deliver on its responsibilities to people and planet alike, and avoid unleashing social, economic and security problems that could come biting back at the Union. 216 x 138mm | 240 pages | UK October 2022, US January 2023 HB | 978-1-5095-5516-1 | £50.00 | $64.95 | €61.90 PB | 978-1-5095-5517-8 | £22.95 | $15.99 | €27.90 ebook available Join our mailing list at secure.wiley.com/PolityEmailSubscriptions @politybooks facebook.com/poltybooks @politybooks 3

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Plastic Unlimited How Corporations Are Fuelling the Ecological Crisis and What We Can Do About It ALICE MAH University of Warwick ‘hard-hitting and insightful.’ Beth Gardiner, author of Choked: The Age of Air Pollution and the Fight for a Cleaner Future ‘blows the lid off the many myths and deceptive tactics propagated and employed by an industry desperately seeking to extend our continuing addiction to fossil fuels.’ Von Hernandez, 2003 Goldman Prize awardee and Break Free From Plastic movement ‘Exquisitely useful and a must-read… Plastics Unlimited is the book I’ve been waiting for.’ Max Liboiron, Memorial University Despite the global movement to tackle plastic pollution, demand for plastics continues to rise. This incisive book reveals how petrochemical and plastics corporations are at the root of this problem. They have fought relentlessly to protect and expand plastic markets in the face of existential threats to business. We all have a part to play in reducing plastic consumption but we must tackle the problem at its root – the capitalist imperative for limitless growth.

216 x 138mm | 196 pages | UK May 2022, US July 2022 HB | 978-1-5095-4945-0 | £45.00 | $59.95 | €55.90 PB | 978-1-5095-4946-7 | £14.99 | $19.95 | €18.90 ebook available

Animal Crisis A new critical theory ALICE CRARY AND LORI GRUEN The New School for Social Research; Wesleyan University In stark contrast to traditional theories in animal ethics, Animal Crisis makes the case that there can be no animal liberation without human emancipation. Borrowing from critical theories such as ecofeminism, leading philosophers Crary and Gruen present a critical animal theory for understanding and combating the structural forces that enable the diminishment of so many to the advantage of a few. With seven case studies of complex human-animal relations, they make an urgent plea to dismantle the “human supremacism” that is devastating animal lives and hurtling us toward ecocide..

216 x 138mm | 176 pages | UK May 2022, US September 2022 HB | 978-1-5095-4967-2 | £50.00 | $64.95 | €61.90 PB | 978-1-5095-4968-9 | £15.99 | $22.95 | €19.90 ebook available

The Clean Energy Transition Policies and Politics for a Zero-Carbon World DANIEL J. FIORINO American University “provides the serious student in energy policy a fresh look at recent challenges” Daniel S. Zachary, Johns Hopkins University Is the goal of a transition to clean energy at all realistic? If so, how could it be accomplished? In this book, Daniel Fiorino provides a comprehensive introduction to the politics and policies of a clean energy transition and how it may unfold nationally and globally. Across its nine chapters, he explores the current energy landscape and the different pathways and pitfalls on the road to decarbonization. All scenarios for decarbonizing, he argues, rely on aggressive efficiency, rapid scale-up of renewables, and electrification of most of what is left. Yet this transition has to be accelerated and done effectively. There is little time for do-overs if we are to decarbonize later this century. The Clean Energy Transition will be an indispensable resource for students of energy politics, environmental studies and public policy as well as anyone interested in the energy issues of the day.

229 x 152mm | 286 pages | UK September 2022, US December 2022 HB | 978-1-5095-4486-8 | £55.00 | $69.95 | €67.90 PB | 978-1-5095-4487-5 | £17.99 | $26.95 | €21.90 ebook available

A Green and Global Europe NATHALIE TOCCI Istituto Affari Internazionali After years of existential crisis, Europe has found a new raison d’être: the European Green Deal and the energy transition that lies at its core. This green Europe represents a normative vision, an economic growth strategy, as well as a route to a political Union that would enhance EU integration and legitimacy. But, as Nathalie Tocci warns, this unique opportunity can only be realized if the EU can address the social, economic, political and geopolitical ramifications of this epochal change. The EU, she argues, must not act in isolation or ignore the adverse effects of the transition on member states and neighbours. It must also address the global cleavages that may arise with China, the transatlantic relationship and the Global South as a result of the EU’s green agenda. By adopting a truly global approach to the energy transition, Europe can deliver on its responsibilities to people and planet alike, and avoid unleashing social, economic and security problems that could come biting back at the Union.

216 x 138mm | 240 pages | UK October 2022, US January 2023 HB | 978-1-5095-5516-1 | £50.00 | $64.95 | €61.90 PB | 978-1-5095-5517-8 | £22.95 | $15.99 | €27.90 ebook available

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