Kearns, Gerard
(2010)
Geography, geopolitics and Empire.
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 35.
pp. 187-203.
ISSN 0020-2754
Abstract
Halford Mackinder’s work is drawn upon repeatedly by those who would promote
imperialism. Mackinder argued that geography could find a new relevance after the
Age of Explorations by serving instead the cause of the New Imperialism. Mackinder’s
geography was not only a science of empire, it was also a way of promoting the cause
of Empire. In the face of the revival of Mackinder’s work allied with the promotion of
an American Empire, we can turn to those among Mackinder’s contemporaries who
challenged the use of geography to serve Empire. From the scholarship of these dissidents
we can sketch ways to challenge the claims that force is the most important
dimension of international relations, that the world divides naturally into mutually hostile
camps, and that there are some uses of force that are sanctioned by the promotion
of democracy.
| Item Type: |
Article
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| Keywords: |
international relations; imperialism; geopolitics; Mackinder; heartland;
anarchism; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Social Sciences > Geography |
| Item ID: |
8642 |
| Identification Number: |
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-5661.2009.00375.x/epdf |
| Depositing User: |
Gerry Kearns
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| Date Deposited: |
22 Aug 2017 14:34 |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers |
| Publisher: |
Wiley |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
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