1. Thomas Malthus, the Problem of Population, and Counterfactual Thought Experiments: A Concise Overview

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. Thomas Malthus, the Problem of Population, and Counterfactual Thought Experiments: A Concise Overview 21
6. 2. Vladimir Odoevsky’s Russian Nights (1844): Thought Experiments Inspired by Malthus and Bentham 33
7. 3. Thomas Malthus and Nikolai Chernyshevsky: Utopian Dreams in What Is to Be Done? (1863) 55
8. 4. Revolution on Earth and Mars: Alexander Bogdanov’s Red Star (1908) and Aleksei Tolstoy’s Aelita (1923) 69
9. 5. A Peasant Utopia: Alexander Chaianov’s My Brother Aleksei’s Journey (1920) 83
10. 6. Overpopulation in Nina Berberova’s Short Story “In Memory of Schliemann” (1958), in the Context of Malthusian Theory 94
11. Conclusion 105
12. Bibliography 113
13. Index 123