ABSTRACT

Geopolitics identifies and scrutinizes the central features of geopolitics from the sixteenth century to the present. The book focuses on five key concepts of the modern geopolitical imagination:
* Visualising the world as a whole
* The definition of geographical areas as 'advanced' or 'primitive'
* The notion of the state being the highest form of political organization
* The pursuit of primacy by competing states
* The necessity for hierarchy.

chapter |13 pages

Introduction

chapter |19 pages

Visualizing Global Space

chapter |15 pages

Turning Time into Space

chapter |15 pages

A World of Territorial States

chapter |17 pages

Pursuing Primacy

chapter |29 pages

The Three Ages of Geopolitics

chapter |12 pages

A New Age of ‘Global' Geopolitics?

chapter |7 pages

Conclusion