“Man’s Conscious Thought” and “Blind Life of Fertility.” Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński’s Journalism in The Context of Modern “Population Policy” Cover Image

„Świadoma myśl ludzka” i „ślepy żywioł płodności”. Publicystyka Tadeusza Boya-Żeleńskiego w kontekście nowoczesnej „polityki populacyjnej”
“Man’s Conscious Thought” and “Blind Life of Fertility.” Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński’s Journalism in The Context of Modern “Population Policy”

Author(s): Aleksander Wójtowicz
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Instytut Badań Literackich Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński; population policy; birth control; birth regulation

Summary/Abstract: Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński’s journalistic activity, which developed around the movement for “birth control” and “birth regulation” was one of the most thoroughly discussed episodes connected with customs changes in the Inter-war period. It gathered the dilemmas of the modern population policy which eagerly resorted to slogans promulgated by the then Neomalthusians and eugenics propagators. Sharing their belief that the key to end the crisis which consumed the European society was scientific research, Boy postulated the introduction of various biopolitical practices in order to reduce the population growth.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 57-68
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish