Paris School of Economics
Address: 48 boulevard jourdan 75014 Paris
For a “present-day” history of sobriety
Workshop
Location 48 Boulevard Jourdan, 75014 Paris, France
Location R2-21
Presence On site
Hourly –
Since 2022, the sobriety imperative has appeared as an unexpected injunction in a world where the intersecting notions of planetary limits and geopolitical hazards are taking on new importance for thermo-industrial civilizations. In France, the concept directly echoes President Emmanuel Macron’s famous declaration of the “end of abundance” at the opening of the Council of Ministers on August 24, 2022. Long used by the “Décroissance” movement, sobriety is now back in vogue in the context of what is commonly referred to as the “energy transition”, and is finding a multi-faceted rationalization path at the heart of companies, public authorities and organized civil society. The present contribution thus proposes a perspective on the sobriety object in the regime(s) of historicity in which it manifests itself. We’ll look at sobriety from its earliest traces in antiquity, and then extend the discussion to its quantification in the 21st century, when the evolution of the energy system seems to be the cornerstone of future civilizational transformations.
Program
17:30 – Welcome: Christophe Bonnery, president of the F-AEE
17:40 – Record and history of sobriety
Jordane Provost, R&D, Energie, Réseau et Société
18:25 – Reaction from an economist
Dorothée Charlier, professor at the Université Savoie Mont Blanc
18:40 – Exchanges with the room
Nicolas Astier, professor at PSE and engineer at ENPC
19:00 – Conclusion and closing: Carine Staropoli, affiliate researcher and holder of the Urban New Deal Chair at PSE, professor at the Université de Rouen Normandie
The Urban New Deal Chair has been created to contribute to the public debate in France and at an international level on the conditions that facilitate the implementation of these transformations and providing decision-making support tools for city stakeholders.
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