Visiting Malthus The Man, His Times, the Issues

Malthus was a multifaceted man, and this book seeks to present some of the many facets of his work as they appeared in the past and continue to inform discussions in the present. Today Thomas R. Malthus is commonly associated with unpopular views on the relationship between people and food. He is a standard reference in all demographic debates - a towering presence, in relation to which the many lesser participants position themselves. Two centuries ago Malthus was considered an iconoclast amongst moral philosophers, challenging on a broad front the progressive optimism of the age. He paved the way for a new social science: Political Economy - and largely because of Malthus' writings, the field was awarded the soubriquet "the Dismal Science". This book explores Malthus' position in the philosophical debates of his age and seeks to unravel the influence he wielded on his successors and on their arguments about population and food down to our own times.Jensen, An-Magritt is the author of 'Visiting Malthus The Man, His Times, the Issues' with ISBN 9788763001144 and ISBN 8763001144.