Morals, Materials, and Technoscience
The Energy Security Imaginary in the United States
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5337786 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Abraham S D Tidwell (Arizona State University), Abraham Tidwell (0000-0002-7764-6825, Arizona State University, corresponding author), Jessica M Smith (0000-0002-9700-4096, Colorado School of Mines) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 687-711 |
| Publication date | 2015-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Science Technology & Human Values (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0162-2439 • E-ISSN: 1552-8251 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0162243915577632 |
| OpenAlex | W2171293642 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 31 |
| References cited | 47 |
This article advances recent scholarship on energy security by arguing that the concept is best understood as a sociotechnical imaginary, a collective vision for a "good society" realized through technoscientific-oriented policies. Focusing on the 1952 Resources for Freedom report, the authors trace the genealogy of energy security, elucidating how it establishes a morality of efficiency that orients policy action under the guise of security toward the liberalizing of markets in resource states and a robust program of energy research and development in the United States. This evidence challenges the pervasive historical anchoring of the concept in the 1970s and illustrates the importance of the genealogical approach for the emerging literature on energy and sociotechnical imaginaries. Exploring the genealogy of energy security also unpacks key social, political, and economic undercurrents that disrupt the seeming universality of the language of energy, leading the authors to question whether energy security discourse is appropriate for guiding policy action during ongoing global energy transitions
Critical security studies · Economics · Energy security · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Law and economics · Network security policy · Political science · Politics · Renewable energy · Scholarship · Security studies · Social science · Sociology · Sociotechnical system · Technoscience · Global Energy and Sustainability Research · Global Energy Security and Policy · Law · Natural Resources and Economic Development
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| Unique citing works | 31 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,1 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2026 (11) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 30 |