The Classical Foundations of Population Thought From Plato to Quesnay /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Charbit, Yves (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Θέματα: Social sciences.; Philosophy, Ancient.; Demography.; Social Sciences.; Classical Philosophy.

Whereas the history of demography as a social science has been amply explored, that of the construction of the concept of population has been neglected. Specialists systematically ignore a noteworthy paradox: strictly speaking, the great intellectual figures of the past dealt with in this book have...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1: Interpreting Ideas on Population
• 2: History and Utopia
• The Platonic City
• The Demography of the City
• Religion and Politics
• Space and Order
• Moderation and Excess
• A Totalitarian System?
• 3: There are no Riches other than Men
• Jean Bodin on Sovereignty
• Demographic Interpretations of Jean Bodin
• The Theory of Absolute Sovereignty and Population
• Bodin on Aristotle and Plato
• 4: The Prince and his Population
• From Montchrétien to Colbert and Fénelon
• Merchantilism and Populationism
• About Population
• A National Economic Policy
• International Trade and the Colonies
• The Decline of Merchantilism: Political and Economic Factors
• For Want of Political Arithmetic
• 5: The Political Failure of an Economic Theory
• Quesnay and the Physiocracy
• Agriculture and Prosperity
• On population
• A failure and its Causes
• 6: Towards Demography
• The Prince, The Father , The Landlord
• The Conflict of Interests
• The Emergence of Individualism
• From Homo Eoconomicus to Homo Demographicus
• Bibliography
• Index.