The White Horse Press
The Return of Malthus: Environmentalism and Post-war Population–Resource Crises
- Björn-Ola Linnér(author)
- Donald Worster (foreword by)
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| Title | The Return of Malthus |
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| Subtitle | Environmentalism and Post-war Population–Resource Crises |
| Contributor | Björn-Ola Linnér(author) |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.3197/63811987103618.book |
| Landing page | https://www.whpress.co.uk/publications/2021/08/16/return-of-malthus/ |
| License | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
| Copyright | Björn-Ola Linnér |
| Publisher | The White Horse Press |
| Publication place | Winwick, UK |
| Published on | 2023-04-17 |
| ISBN | 978-1-912186-74-7 (Paperback) |
| 978-1-874267-51-5 (Hardback) | |
| 978-1-912186-73-0 (PDF) | |
| Short abstract | The Return of Malthus is the first comprehensive analysis of the post-war fear of scarcity. Linnér traces the development of an international discourse of crisis through the influence of such thinkers as William Vogt, Fairfield Osborn and Georg Börgström, labelled ‘neo-Malthusians’ for their emphasis on an impending clash between population growth and resource limits, after the manner of the nineteenth-century father of scarcity economics. |
| Long abstract | The Return of Malthus is the first comprehensive analysis of the post-war fear of scarcity. Linnér traces the development of an international discourse of crisis through the influence of such thinkers as William Vogt, Fairfield Osborn and Georg Börgström, labelled ‘neo-Malthusians’ for their emphasis on an impending clash between population growth and resource limits, after the manner of the nineteenth-century father of scarcity economics. The book analyses the role of science and technology in securing food supply, the transmutation of older ideas about preserving nature into a new conservation ideology based on sustainable use, and the preoccupation of the industrialised nations with forestalling communism and controlling power relations. First published by The White Horse Press in 2003. Even more relevant today, this revised edition charts perceptions of and prescriptions for crises of population growth and resource shortage, which have had profound influence on agricultural, population and security policies from the Second World War to the present. |
| Print length | 324 pages |
| Language | English (Original) |
| Dimensions | 152 x 229 mm | 5.98" x 9.02" (Paperback) |
| 154 x 229 mm | 6.06" x 9.02" (Hardback) | |
| Media | 7 illustrations |
| 7 tables | |
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Contents
Foreword – 2022
(pp. ii–ix)Crises of Population and Resources
(pp. 1–12)- Björn-Ola Linnér
A New World Order
(pp. 13–31)- Björn-Ola Linnér
Conservation and Containment
(pp. 32–60)- Björn-Ola Linnér
Neo-Malthusianism in Harvest Time
(pp. 61–92)- Björn-Ola Linnér
A New Conservation Ideology
(pp. 93–116)- Björn-Ola Linnér
On the Outskirts of Babel
(pp. 117–150)- Björn-Ola Linnér
Green Revolutions
(pp. 151–198)- Björn-Ola Linnér
The Return of Neo-Malthusianism
(pp. 199–212)- Björn-Ola Linnér
Crisis? What Crisis?
(pp. 213–236)- Björn-Ola Linnér
Contributors
Björn-Ola Linnér
(author)Swedish climate policy scholar and professor at Linköping University
Björn-Ola Linnér is a Swedish climate policy scholar and professor at Linköping University. He is program director of Mistra Geopolitics, a research programme that critically examines and explores the interplay between the dynamics of geopolitics, human security, and global environmental change.