Visions of the Future

Malthusian Thought Experiments in Russian Literature (18401960)

Natasha Grigorian (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

160 Seiten

2023
Academic Studies Press (Verlag)
979-8-88719-055-6 (ISBN)

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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, such as those by Galileo and Einstein, thought experiments are especially topical in the twenty-first century, since this is a concept that bridges the gap between the arts and the sciences, promoting interdisciplinary innovation. To study thought experiments in literature, it is imperative to examine relevant texts closely: this has rarely been done to date and this is precisely what this book does as a pilot study focusing on selected works of philosophy and literature. Specifically, thought experiments by Thomas Malthus are analyzed side by side with short stories and novels by Vladimir Odoevsky and Nikolai Chernyshevsky, Alexander Bogdanov and Aleksei Tolstoy, Alexander Chaianov and Nina Berberova.

Dr. Natasha Grigorian is a Comparative Literature scholar. She studied Modern Languages at the Universities of Oxford and Paris-Sorbonne. She completed her DPhil at Magdalen College, Oxford. In 2007-2010 she was the Rutherford Research Fellow at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, followed by her position as a Research Associate at the University of Konstanz.

Introduction

Thomas Malthus, the Problem of Population, and Counterfactual Thought Experiments: A Concise Overview

Thought Experiments in Vladimir Odoevsky’s Russian Nights (1844)

Thomas Malthus and Nikolai Chernyshevsky: Struggle for Existence or Mutual Help? Utopian Dreams in What Is to Be Done? (1863)

Revolution on Earth and Mars: Alexander Bogdanov’s Red Star (1908) and Aleksei Tolstoy’s Aelita (1923)

A Peasant Utopia: Alexander Chaianov’s My Brother Aleksei’s Journey (1920)

Overpopulation in Nina Berberova’s Short Story “In Memory of Schliemann” (1958), in the Context of Malthusian Theory

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	24.01.2023
Reihe/Serie	Studies in Comparative Literature and Intellectual History
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations
Verlagsort	Brighton
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 233 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Erkenntnistheorie / Wissenschaftstheorie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-13	979-8-88719-055-6 / 9798887190556
Zustand	Neuware