Two population theories in Classical Thought

Karl Marx and Thomas Malthus

Authors

  • Adilson Marques Gennari UNESP Campus de Araraquara

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36311/2675-3871.2023.v4n10.p47-56

Keywords:

Karl Marx, Thomas Malthus, Theory of population

Abstract

The population theories of Malthus and Marx are diametrically opposed. In the first, idealistic, population dynamics are subjectively determined and its determinants are of an individual and mainly moral nature. In the second, materialist, the dynamics depend on the elements of the objective historical process: the class struggle, labor productivity, the organic composition of capital, capital accumulation, and its contradictions.

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2023-12-31

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No. 10: Jul./Dec. 2023 - The Dimensions of the End of the World: Social, Political, and Economic Contradictions of the Major Historical Transformations in the 21st Century

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Two population theories in Classical Thought: Karl Marx and Thomas Malthus. (2023). Revista Fim Do Mundo, 4(10), 47-56. https://doi.org/10.36311/2675-3871.2023.v4n10.p47-56