‘Green’ Malthus? A Bibliographical Itinerary between neo-Malthusianism and Environmentalism

This contribution presents a bibliographical itinerary on Twentieth century environmental revival of Malthusian doctrines. After introducing both the main conceptual strains inherent to the topic, and their scientific interest the essay takes into consideration the Post-WWII emergence of global envi...

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Main Author: Jacopo Bonasera
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Language:English
Published: Viella Editrice 2022-12-01
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description This contribution presents a bibliographical itinerary on Twentieth century environmental revival of Malthusian doctrines. After introducing both the main conceptual strains inherent to the topic, and their scientific interest the essay takes into consideration the Post-WWII emergence of global environmentalism. A survey of the texts of 1960s and 1970s exponents of Neo-Malthusian environmentalism shows the important role played by this tradition of thought in shaping environmental concerns on both the scientific and the governmental level. The itinerary ends with an analysis of the main authors and strains of enquiry that have assessed the historical and conceptual relevance of Neo-Malthusian environmentalism. It is argued that more researches into Malthus’ legacy over time could grant significant theoretical gains both for the history of political thought, and its entanglments with the history of environmentalism.
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spelling doaj-art-1dffd57f4cba4d35868978ffef28366a2025-08-20T02:17:57ZengViella EditriceStoricamente2282-60332022-12-0118110.52056/9791254691984/11‘Green’ Malthus? A Bibliographical Itinerary between neo-Malthusianism and EnvironmentalismJacopo Bonasera0Università di Bologna, Dipartimento di Storia Culture Civiltà, Piazza S. Giovanni in Monte, 2, 40124 Bologna, ItalyThis contribution presents a bibliographical itinerary on Twentieth century environmental revival of Malthusian doctrines. After introducing both the main conceptual strains inherent to the topic, and their scientific interest the essay takes into consideration the Post-WWII emergence of global environmentalism. A survey of the texts of 1960s and 1970s exponents of Neo-Malthusian environmentalism shows the important role played by this tradition of thought in shaping environmental concerns on both the scientific and the governmental level. The itinerary ends with an analysis of the main authors and strains of enquiry that have assessed the historical and conceptual relevance of Neo-Malthusian environmentalism. It is argued that more researches into Malthus’ legacy over time could grant significant theoretical gains both for the history of political thought, and its entanglments with the history of environmentalism.https://storicamente.org/bonasera_green_malthusenvironmentalismneo-malthusianismgarrett hardinpaul ehrlich
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‘Green’ Malthus? A Bibliographical Itinerary between neo-Malthusianism and Environmentalism
Storicamente
environmentalism
neo-malthusianism
garrett hardin
paul ehrlich
title ‘Green’ Malthus? A Bibliographical Itinerary between neo-Malthusianism and Environmentalism
title_full ‘Green’ Malthus? A Bibliographical Itinerary between neo-Malthusianism and Environmentalism
title_fullStr ‘Green’ Malthus? A Bibliographical Itinerary between neo-Malthusianism and Environmentalism
title_full_unstemmed ‘Green’ Malthus? A Bibliographical Itinerary between neo-Malthusianism and Environmentalism
title_short ‘Green’ Malthus? A Bibliographical Itinerary between neo-Malthusianism and Environmentalism
title_sort green malthus a bibliographical itinerary between neo malthusianism and environmentalism
topic environmentalism
neo-malthusianism
garrett hardin
paul ehrlich
url https://storicamente.org/bonasera_green_malthus
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