What is fossil fuel capitalism and how does it operate? In this course we will consider answers to this question by examining oil as a political, social, and natural resource. We will focus on how the transnational oil industry operates at the level of infrastructures, territories, finance, and the state. In other words, the course will explore how the extraction and consumption of oil shapes processes of democratization, state governance, and individual and collective identity construction. We will also discuss how oil affects workers, racialized communities, natural environments, and Indigenous peoples who often resist its extraction.
Distribution Area
Students entering prior to Fall 2024: Social Sciences (SO DIST)