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- Title
Automobilität und Gesellschaft.
- Authors
Canzler, Weert
- Abstract
In spite of its adverse effects, the automobile makes for an unprecedented technological artifact in the every-day life and choice of residence for the majority of people in Western societies. Simultaneously, cars are increasingly popular in regions of catch-up modernization. Yet, the limitations of fossil-fuels highlight that conventional, private automobility cannot serve as a universal model. Neither peak oil nor climate change allow for a continuation on this trajectory. With that in mind, this study frames automobility as a ,principle of modernity' by utilising the structuration approach of Anthony Giddens in order to explain the routine usage within the ,Lebenswelt' of the automobile. Moreover, this analysis seeks to explore continuities and discontinuities in the development of conventional automobility. Finally, this study will result in distinct hypotheses about future social dynamics of automobility including opportunities for and barriers to potential transformations in this field.
- Subjects
INTERNAL migration; AUTOMOBILES &; society; HUBBERT peak theory; CLIMATE change &; society; GIDDENS, Anthony, 1938-; MODERNIZATION (Social science)
- Publication
Soziale Welt, 2012, Vol 63, Issue 4, p317
- ISSN
0038-6073
- Publication type
Article