Political Geography into Geopolitics
Recent Trends in Germany
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4489012 |
|---|---|
| Authors | George Ki, George Kiss (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1942 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 632 |
| Publication date | 1942-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geographical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0016-7428 • E-ISSN: 1931-0846 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/210001 |
| OpenAlex | W2325584687 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
G ERMAN political thought formed slowly, during the centuries separating Martin Luther and Emmanuel Kant. To concentrate individual effort, to avoid anarchy and give maximum efficiency to individual action-these are the ideas that have dominated Germany ever since the end of the eighteenth century. Since the lonely philosopher of Konigsberg professed his faith and formulated his thoughts in the volumes devoted to Reason, many ideas and ideologies have concurred to form what remains the master key to the German mind today. Two major military reversals, the defeat of Germany in the Thirty Years' War and the sweeping victories of Napoleon on German soil, have left their deep imprint on the German mind. These two occurrences have had a major share in influencing subsequent German political developments.' After a long period of complete political dejection and subservience, following the Treaty of Westphalia in I648, the voice of Kant rose from the wind-swept shores of the Baltic, admonishing his countrymen to pool their efforts, instead of wasting their energies in the thousand petty principalities of Rococo Germany. Out of the defeat suffered at the hand of the genial Corsican, another voice rose, another teacher and philosopher spoke of defeat and reconstruction
Economic geography · Geography · Geopolitics · Human geography · Political geography · Political science · Politics · Regional science · Cross-Border Cooperation and Integration · Law
| Citations per year | 0.13 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2010 - 2016 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |