
The Philosophy of Power in Sustainable Energy Policy, Volume 1: Unpacking the Language, Structure, and Logic of Governance is a substantial academic work that examines sustainable energy policy through a critical philosophical and political lens. Rather than treating energy transition as a purely technical matter of technology deployment, market design, or carbon reduction, the book argues that it is deeply shaped by power relations, institutional choices, public legitimacy, and moral struggle. Written by Muhammad Abduh and Yohandri Bow, the book presents sustainable energy policy as a contested field in which language, policy instruments, and governance structures determine who benefits, who bears the burdens, and who gets to define the meaning of sustainability. Terms such as transition, energy security, green growth, and net-zero are not approached as neutral expressions, but as political concepts that can conceal hierarchy, exclusion, and competing visions of the future. As the first volume of a broader series, this book lays the conceptual and analytical foundation for understanding how power works within sustainable energy governance. It explores the role of discourse in shaping public understanding, the function of policy tools as mechanisms of control and selection, and the importance of institutions in distributing risks, opportunities, and recognition. The book also highlights how policy processes may appear rational and progressive while still reproducing inequality, marginalization, and injustice. Its scope is both theoretical and practical. It combines philosophical reflection with policy analysis, offering readers a framework for understanding energy policy not merely as administration, but as a site of conflict over justice, participation, authority, and the future. Systematic in structure and critical in tone, the book moves from conceptual debates on power and legitimacy to discussions of governance, institutional design, and local resistance. Overall, this volume is an ambitious and interdisciplinary contribution that invites readers to see sustainable energy policy as a deeply political project, where democracy, ethics, and justice are as important as efficiency, investment, and technological change.
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