Whereas demographic research to date is dominated by quantitative methodology and a biological terminology (fertility, mortality, lifespan etc.) referring to an abstract, constructed object, i.e. the ‘population’, the perspective of cultural demography argues for a ‘demography without numbers’ which addresses the human subjects of demography and actors of demographic relevant decisions (such as birthgiving). There exist some contributions, especially from anthropology that indicate this direction.

Der Artikel beschreibt die historische Genese der Idee der Generationengerechtigkeit und des Begriffs der ‘künftigen Generation’ im Kontext der Einsicht über die ‘Grenzen des Wachstums’

(in: Tagesspiegel, 21.7.2010)