The Genesis of Geopolitics and Friedrich Ratzel Dismissing the Myth of the Ratzelian Geodeterminism /

• Main Author: Stogiannos, Alexandros (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Historical Geography and Geosciences,
• Subjects: Historical geography.; World politics.; Plant systematics.; Plant taxonomy.; International relations.; Ethnography.; Europe-History.; Historical Geography.; Political History.; Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography.; International Relations.; European History.

This book discusses the influence of Friedrich Ratzel's ideas in more contemporary geopolitical analytical systems and the geodeterminism commonly attributed to him. The author thoroughly analyzes the structural components of Ratzel's thought. The research is inspired by the numerous contr...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Friedrich Ratzel and Geopolitics
• 2. F. Ratzel's State as a "social organism"
• 3. Living space (Lebensraum): Bio-geographical signifier with political-geographical signified?
• 4. Social / cultural aspects as factors of power contibutors in Ratzel's state analysis and the issue of racism
• 5. Ratzel's worldview (Weltanschauung) and the "Positivist Circle of Leipzig". The meaning of Ratzel's law
• 6. Ratzel, Central Europe (Mitteleuropa) and "European Union"
• 7. Fr. Ratzel and the Eastern Question: Flag follows trade
• 8. Final Conclusions.