Geography as Space and Geography as Place: The Divide between Political Science and Political Geography Continues

In: Geopolitics, Band 5, Heft 3, S. 126-137

Abstract

Steven Spiegel's (2000) "Traditional Space vs. Cyberspace" exemplifies the divide between political science & political geography. In trying to incorporate geographic factors into his consideration of post-Cold War geopolitics, Spiegel equates his view with distance & less explicitly with territory. The attempt to position geography as central to international politics has failed once again because of the equation of spatial analysis with the field of geography. Ignorance & neglect of the place tradition, prominent in contemporary geography, is the most important factor in the continued failure of communication between Geography & International Relations. Adapted from the source document.