Within the contexts of Friedrich Ratzel’s Anthropogeography: empire, bureaucracy and science interdependence

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  • Nilson Cortez Crocia BARROS UFP

Abstract

The work deals with the contexts – imperial expansion, bureaucracy and interdisciplinary exchange of knowledge – from within Ratzel’s anthropogeography emerged. The challenged legitimacy of geography in the realm of science in late 19 century, when this broad subject was being threatened by the great achievements and the growing importance of the topic or specialized sciences, is examined. The influence of evolutionary biology and anthropology on the construction of geography is evaluated, as well as general philosophical influences on it. The bureaucratic environment of the discipline is described since its beginnings up to the 1930s. The article employs mainly a contextual approach. Key words: anthropogeography; history of geography; epistemology of geography.

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2008-07-11

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v. 31, n. 1 (2006)

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