Question
The founder of this discipline argues that societal upheaval corresponds to periods of “elite overproduction,” when there are a large number of elites competing for a limited number of jobs. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this discipline established by the biologist-turned-historian Peter Turchin, which examines history through complex mathematical models. This discipline built upon Jack Goldstone’s structural-demographic theory.
ANSWER: cliodynamics
[10e] Goldstone found that revolutions in Europe and Asia were preceded by massive increases in this variable. Paul and Anna Ehrlich’s 1968 book titled for this variable’s “bomb” sparked a worldwide panic.
ANSWER: population [accept The Population Bomb]
[10m] Turchin’s essay “Towards Cliodynamics” refutes this thinker’s book The Poverty of Historicism, which argues against sweeping scientific models of history and supports smaller theories instead.
ANSWER: Karl Popper [or Sir Karl Raimund Popper]
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