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petrocapitalism en · NOUN

Etymology

From petro- + capitalism.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Those aspects of capitalism that involve the petrochemical industry.
    • 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. 2017, Noel Castree, Michael F. Goodchild, Audrey Kobayashi, International Encyclopedia of Geography:
    • Music is not simply a passive observer of the plastic age. It is an active contributor to petrocapitalism, an agent of petroculture. 2019, Kyle Devine, Decomposed: The Political Ecology of Music, page 100:
    • 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”. 2013, Sigfrido Burgos Cáceres, Sophal Ear -, The Hungry Dragon, page 27: