Ebook: Geopolitics: Re-Visioning World Politics

Front Cover -- Geopolitics -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Visualizing global space -- Chapter 3. Turning time into space -- Chapter 4. A world of territorial states -- Chapter 5. Pursuing primacy -- Chapter 6. The three ages of geopolitics -- Chapter 7. A new age of 'global' geopolitics? -- Chapter 8. Conclusion -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.;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.