petrocapitalism
English edit
Etymology edit
petro- + capitalism
Noun edit
petrocapitalism (uncountable)
- Those aspects of capitalism that involve the petrochemical industry.
- 2013, Sigfrido Burgos Cáceres, Sophal Ear -, The Hungry Dragon, page 27:
- For the purpose of better understanding the ensuing discussion in this chapter, petrocapitalism is said to operate successfully through an intertwined oil complex “that is territorially constituted through oil concessions”.
- 2017, Noel Castree, Michael F. Goodchild, Audrey Kobayashi, International Encyclopedia of Geography:
- While geography of extractive petrocapitalism is focused on specific points in space – what Gavin Bridge (2010, 1) calls the geographies of “the hole” – consumptive petrocapitalism is dispersed and virtually includes the entirety of capitalism itself.
- 2019, Kyle Devine, Decomposed: The Political Ecology of Music, page 100:
- Music is not simply a passive observer of the plastic age. It is an active contributor to petrocapitalism, an agent of petroculture.