Classical Foundations of Population Thought
From Plato to Quesnay
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 not produced demographic
theories or doctrines as such, but they have certainly given some thought to population at both levels. Les mer
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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 not produced demographic theories or doctrines as such, but they have certainly
given some thought to population at both levels. First, the central epistemological and methodological orientation of the
book is presented. Ideas on population, far from being part of the harmonious advancement of knowledge are the product of
their context, that is evidently demographic, but also economic, political and above all intellectual. Then the ideas on population
of Plato, Bodin, the French mercantilists, Quesnay and the physiocrats are examined under this light. The last chapter addresses
the implicit philosophical, economic and political issues of population thought.
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2010
Forlag: Springer
Innbinding: Innbundet
Språk: Engelsk
Sider: 179
ISBN: 9789048192977
Format: 24 x 16 cm
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From the reviews:
“Charbit’s interesting book offers an anti-mythology, an archaeology of past ideas about population that questions and undermines the traditional teleological accounts. … This is a learned book that offers intelligent contextualizing readings of some key texts of early modern political and economic thought, and uses these to make an important point about the conventional teleological narratives of the development of demography as a discipline. As someone who is interested in all these things, I found it informative and illuminating … .” (Neville Morley, Population Studies, Vol. 66 (3), November, 2012)»
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 Montchretien to Colbert and Fenelon.- 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
Born 1945. Professor of demography (classe exceptionnelle) Universite Paris Descartes Training : MA Sociology and MA Economics
( Sorbonne), Diploma Sciences Po (Paris) D.Phil. Oxford, Doctorat es-Lettres (Paris). Chair of the Scientific Board of the
Faculty of Social Sciences. Member of the Strategic comittee at the University level. Director of the Centre Population et
Developpement (CEPED, Universite Paris Descartes, l'INED et l'IRD). 44 full-time teaching and research staff Published 17
books, 62 peer reviewed articles, etc. on international migrations, population theories and doctrines, family and fertility)
Founding member of the the Revue Europeenne des Migrations Internationales. Chief editor of the series Populations (L'Harmattan).
Chief editor of Demographic Transformation and Socio-Economic Change (Springer) Worked as a consultant for UNFPA UNDP, UNICEF,
USAID, World Bank, Cooperation francaise, UNESCO. Field experience in several African, Carribean and South-East Asian countries.