The Classical Foundations of Population Thought From Plato to Quesna
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 figu
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Yves Charbit
The Classical Foundations of Population Thought From Plato to Quesnay
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Prof. Yves Charbit Université Paris Descartes CEPED: Centre Population et Développement (Université Paris Descartes, INED, IRD) 19 rue Jacob 75006 Paris France
ISBN 978-90-481-9297-7 e-ISBN 978-90-481-9298-4 DOI 10.1007/978-90-481-9298-4 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2010932509 © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Contents
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Interpreting Ideas on Population . . . . . . . . . . Population Doctrines and Theories . . . . . . . . . . Some Conceptual and Methodological Preambles . . . Contextualisation of Ideas on Population . . . . . . . External Coherence and Internal Coherence . . . . . Annex: The Old Testament and the Sin of Anachronism
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History and Utopia: The Platonic City . . . . . . . Plato, a Forerunner of Demography? . . . . . . . . . The Demography of the City . . . . . . . . . . . . . A Constant Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Plato and His Commentators . . . . . . . . . . . Inconsistencies and Contradictions . . . . . . . . Religion and Politics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mathematics and Religion . . . . . . . . . . . . Stationarity Against Democracy . . . . . . . . . . Space and Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Death of Socrates: The City and the Individual Peace in the City: The Distribution of Space . . . . Atlantis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Moderation and Excess . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A Totalitarian System? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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There Are No Riches Other Than Men: Jean Bodin on Sovereignty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Demographic Interpretations of Jean Bodin . . . . . . . The Theory of Absolute Sovereignty and Population . . Immigration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . On Censuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Against Sorcery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bodin on Plato and Aristotle . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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