Visions of the Future : : Malthusian Thought Experiments in Russian Literature (1840–1960) / / Natasha Grigorian.
This book is inspired by the author’s work as part of a major international and interdisciplinary research group at the University of Konstanz, Germany: “What If-On the Meaning, Relevance, and Epistemology of Counterfactual Claims and Thought Experiments.” Having contributed to great discoveries, su...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Boston, MA : : Academic Studies Press, , [2023] ©2023 |
| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies in Comparative Literature and Intellectual History
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Thomas Malthus, the Problem of Population, and Counterfactual Thought Experiments: A Concise Overview
- 2. Vladimir Odoevsky’s Russian Nights (1844): Thought Experiments Inspired by Malthus and Bentham
- 3. Thomas Malthus and Nikolai Chernyshevsky: Utopian Dreams in What Is to Be Done? (1863)
- 4. Revolution on Earth and Mars: Alexander Bogdanov’s Red Star (1908) and Aleksei Tolstoy’s Aelita (1923)
- 5. A Peasant Utopia: Alexander Chaianov’s My Brother Aleksei’s Journey (1920)
- 6. Overpopulation in Nina Berberova’s Short Story “In Memory of Schliemann” (1958), in the Context of Malthusian Theory
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index