Life, Earth, Colony: Friedrich Ratzel's Necropolitical Geography
Ian Klinke, "Life, Earth, Colony: Friedrich Ratzel's Necropolitical Geography "
English | ISBN: 0472076175 | 2023 | 342 pages | PDF | 4 MB
English | ISBN: 0472076175 | 2023 | 342 pages | PDF | 4 MB
Life, Earth, Colony explores the ideas, life, and historical significance of German zoologist turned geographer Friedrich Ratzel (1844–1904), famous for developing the foundations of geopolitical thought. Ratzel produced a remarkable body of work that revolutionized the study of space, movement, colonization, and war. He also served as a source of intellectual inspiration for national socialism, particularly through his Lebensraum (living space) concept, which understood all life as being caught in an eternal struggle for space. This book closely analyzes this radical conservative intellectual, focusing on his often-overlooked ethnography, biogeography, travel, and creative writing, and colonial activism as well as his more widely-known political geography.
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