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The development of political geography and geopolitics as an academic and research discipline in the Baltic region: The historical contribution of Saint Petersburg University
Развитие политической географии и геополитики в Балтийском регионе как научно-образовательных направлений: исторический вклад Санкт-Петербургского университета
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Abstract In this article, we address the little-researched and complicated problems of the genesis, periodisation, and development of political geography and geopolitics as academic and research disciplines across the Baltic region in general and the contribution of Saint Petersburg University in particula... view more
In this article, we address the little-researched and complicated problems of the genesis, periodisation, and development of political geography and geopolitics as academic and research disciplines across the Baltic region in general and the contribution of Saint Petersburg University in particular. The terms ‘political geography,’ ‘geopolitics’ and the corresponding academic disciplines, as well as the first concepts of political geography and geopolitics, emerged in the Baltic. The Russian and German schools of thought made a valuable contribution to these fields of research. Using the historical, structural-genetic, and activity-geospace approaches, we identify and analyse the major historical, research, and academic paradigms in the development of political geography. In doing so, we consider the case of Saint Petersburg University. These paradigms (state-descriptive, anthropogeographical, state-geopolitical, and activity-societal) differ in their methodological frameworks and thematic priorities. We demonstrate that the term ‘political geography’ and the science it denotes are of Russian origin, having been developed by German scientists during their academic service for Russia. Further, we analyse the contribution of German and Russian researches to the development of the Saint Petersburg school of political geographic and geopolitical thought and describe its current state.... view less
Keywords
Russia; Baltic region; geopolitics; cultural geography; scientific discipline; research topic; paradigm; Federal Republic of Germany; educational program
Classification
Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Political Science
Sociology of Science, Sociology of Technology, Research on Science and Technology
Free Keywords
Baltic region; school of thought; political geography; geopolitics; academic and research paradigm; educational programme
Document language
English
Publication Year
2019
Page/Pages
p. 136-152
Journal
Baltic Region, 11 (2019) 2
DOI
https://doi.org/10.5922/2079-8555-2019-2-8
ISSN
2079-8555
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed