Thomas Malthus whose essay on population in 1798 pioneered demographic studies was an English economic and political theorist.He argued that as human population increases it tends to outstrip food supply and the increase in population would ultimately lead to poverty,untile disease and hunger limit the growth of population.
It is evident that Malthus did not consider the possibility of rational methods of birth control.He dismissed artificial methods of fertility control as immoral and thought that adoption of sexual restraint by the whole population as improbable.Some social ideologies which may be considered as neo-Malthusian retain Malthus's basic premise of natural increase in population but advocate artifical methods for checking population increase.
Malthus's theories were challenged by Karl Marx who argued that poverty is not the result of rapid population growth but a specific consequence of the development of capitalism.According to Marxist theories population control programme aimed at the poorer classes of society may well reduce their reduce their revolutionary potential.
It is evident that Malthus did not consider the possibility of rational methods of birth control.He dismissed artificial methods of fertility control as immoral and thought that adoption of sexual restraint by the whole population as improbable.Some social ideologies which may be considered as neo-Malthusian retain Malthus's basic premise of natural increase in population but advocate artifical methods for checking population increase.
Malthus's theories were challenged by Karl Marx who argued that poverty is not the result of rapid population growth but a specific consequence of the development of capitalism.According to Marxist theories population control programme aimed at the poorer classes of society may well reduce their reduce their revolutionary potential.
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