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1、Malthus'EssayOnPopulationatage200:AMarxianviewJohnBellamyFosterMonthlyReview;Dec1998;50,7;ResearchLibrarypg.1REVIEWOFTHEMONTHMALTHUS'ESSAYONPOPULATIONATAGE200:AMARXIANVIEWbyJOHNBELLAMYFOSTERSinceitwasfirstpublished200yearsagoin1798,noothersingleworkhasconstitutedsuchabastionofbourgeois
2、thoughtasThomasMalthus'EssayonthePrincipleofPopulation.NootherworkwasmorehatedbytheEnglishworkingclass,norsostronglycriticizedbyMarxandEngels.AlthoughtheMalthusianprincipleofpopulationinitsclassicalformwa<;largelyvanquishedintellectuallybythemid-nineteenthcentury,itcontinuedtoreemergei
3、nnewforms.InthelatenineteenthcenturyittookonnewlifeasaresultoftheDarwinianrevolutionandtheriseofsocialDarwinism.AndinthelatetwentiethcenturyMalthusianismreemergedonceagainintheformofneoMalthusianecology.TodayMalthusiscommonlypresentedasanecologicalthinker-counterposedtoaclassicalMarxis
4、ttraditionwhich(inlargepartbecauseofitsoppositiontoMalthushimself)isbrandedasanti-ecological.Hence,evensomeecologicalsocialists,suchasTedBenton,havegonesofarastoarguethatMarxandEngelswereguiltyof"aUtopianoverreactiontoMalthusianepistemicconservatism"whichledthemtodownplay(orJohnBellamy
5、FosterisamemberoftheboardoftheMonthlyReviewFoundation,Co-editorofOrganization&Environment,andtheauthorofTheVulnerablePlanet:AShortEconomicHistoryojtheEnvironment(MonthlyReviewPress,1994).HeteachessociologyattheUniversityofOregon.Somepartsofthismanuscriptaretreatedinmoredetailinhis"Intr
6、oductiontotheBicentennialSymposiumonMalthus'EssayonPopulation,"Organization&Environment,December1998.OthercontributorstothatsymposiumincludeWilliamCatton,HermanDaly,TomAthanasiou,EricRoss,RichardWiltgen,andMarthaGimenez.Reproducedwithpermissionofthecopyrightowner.Furtherreproductionpro
7、hibitedwithoutpermission.2MONTHLYREVIEW/DECEMBER1998deny)"anyultimatenaturallimitstopopulation"andindeednaturallimitsingeneral.FacedwithYialthusiannaturallimits,wearetold,MarxandEngelsrespondedwith"Prometheanism"-ablindfaithinthecapacityoftechnologytoovercome}allecologicalbarriers.It
