Fanny Lopez is Associate Professor of the History of Architecture and Technology at the School of Architecture Paris-Est, University Gustave Eiffel

• IntroductionPart I: Connection versus disconnection1 Capturing territories through energy distribution2 Being disconnected: genesis of a new technical utopia3 Toward energy emancipationPart II: The energy autonomy movement, 1970–804 Counterculture radicalism5 Alexander Pike and the Autonomous Housing Project, 1971–796 The self-sufficient city7 Critical technology: a problematic development8 Electricity micro-networks: a tool for the energy transition?BibliographyIndex

'This is an extensively researched, intellectually challenging and presciently topical study of the largely unexplored world of energy independence. Drawing from a wide range of examples, including theorists, architects, industrialists and engineers, Fanny Lopez has provided us with a comprehensive morality tale for our rapidly changing times. What began as a prophecy when she first started writing it has now materialised as her dreams of disconnection have become a reality. An indispensable guide to help us make sense of the turbulence surrounding us today.'James Steele, ACSA Distinguished Professor and Professor Emeritus at the University of Southern California, University of Southern California and author of Ecological Architecture: A Critical History

Fanny Lopez is Associate Professor of the History of Architecture and Technology at the School of Architecture Paris-Est, University Gustave Eiffel

• IntroductionPart I: Connection versus disconnection1 Capturing territories through energy distribution2 Being disconnected: genesis of a new technical utopia3 Toward energy emancipationPart II: The energy autonomy movement, 1970–804 Counterculture radicalism5 Alexander Pike and the Autonomous Housing Project, 1971–796 The self-sufficient city7 Critical technology: a problematic development8 Electricity micro-networks: a tool for the energy transition?BibliographyIndex

'This is an extensively researched, intellectually challenging and presciently topical study of the largely unexplored world of energy independence. Drawing from a wide range of examples, including theorists, architects, industrialists and engineers, Fanny Lopez has provided us with a comprehensive morality tale for our rapidly changing times. What began as a prophecy when she first started writing it has now materialised as her dreams of disconnection have become a reality. An indispensable guide to help us make sense of the turbulence surrounding us today.'James Steele, ACSA Distinguished Professor and Professor Emeritus at the University of Southern California, University of Southern California and author of Ecological Architecture: A Critical History

Fanny Lopez is Associate Professor of the History of Architecture and Technology at the School of Architecture Paris-Est, University Gustave Eiffel

• IntroductionPart I: Connection versus disconnection1 Capturing territories through energy distribution2 Being disconnected: genesis of a new technical utopia3 Toward energy emancipationPart II: The energy autonomy movement, 1970–804 Counterculture radicalism5 Alexander Pike and the Autonomous Housing Project, 1971–796 The self-sufficient city7 Critical technology: a problematic development8 Electricity micro-networks: a tool for the energy transition?BibliographyIndex

'This is an extensively researched, intellectually challenging and presciently topical study of the largely unexplored world of energy independence. Drawing from a wide range of examples, including theorists, architects, industrialists and engineers, Fanny Lopez has provided us with a comprehensive morality tale for our rapidly changing times. What began as a prophecy when she first started writing it has now materialised as her dreams of disconnection have become a reality. An indispensable guide to help us make sense of the turbulence surrounding us today.'James Steele, ACSA Distinguished Professor and Professor Emeritus at the University of Southern California, University of Southern California and author of Ecological Architecture: A Critical History