RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article
T1 The promise of disaster: specters of Malthus in marxist dreams
T2 La promesa del desastre: espectros de Malthus en sueños marxistas
A1 McCauley, Alex
K1 Malthus
K1 Marxism
K1 Ecology
K1 French revolution
K1 Marxismo
K1 Ecología
K1 Revolución francesa
K1 Hambre
K1 Hunger
K1 Literatura
K1 Literature
K1 Medio ambiente
K1 Environmental science
AB This article considers Malthus in the context of Marxist criticism and ecology. While these critics see Malthus as a proponent of austerity, this essay reads the "Essay on the Principle of Population" to suggest that Malthus establishes pain, rather than pleasure, as a primary political problem, and that the ecological apocalypse he predicts is mirrored by his concern for an intellectual apocalypse that derives from pain—his own toothache. It considers also the function of the French Revolution, and hunger, in Malthusian thought.
PB Universidad de Alcalá
SN 2171-9594
YR 2018
FD 2018
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10017/33220
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10017/33220
LA eng
DS MINDS@UW
RD 19-abr-2024