Progress, Poverty and Population: Re-reading Condorcet, Godwin and Malthus / Edition 1

by John Avery

Overview

This work traces the history of a debate which took place among the economists, political philosophers and writers of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, about whether the benefits of scientific progress would be nullified by the growth of the global population.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780714647500
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/31/1997
Pages:	168
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Condorcet; Godwin; Frankenstein's monster; Malthus; the iron law. Epilogue: who was right? Appendix: Condorcet's Sur l'admission des femmes au droit de Cite.

Editorial Reviews

Nobel Peace Prize winner of 1995 and professor at the University of Copenhagen John Avery traces the history of the debate between Utopians and advocates of scientific progress which took place among the economists, political philosophers, and writers of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Paper edition (unseen), $19.50. Distributed by ISBS. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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