Curiosity, Inquiry, and the Geographical Imagination
Author | : Daniel W. Gade |
Publisher | : Peter Lang Us |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2011 |
ISBN-10 | : 1433115417 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781433115417 |
Rating | : 4/5 (17 Downloads) |
Download or read book Curiosity, Inquiry, and the Geographical Imagination written by Daniel W. Gade and published by Peter Lang Us. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines intellectual curiosity as the driving force in scholarly endeavor on the borderlands of geography, history, anthropology, and other disciplines. The premise is that curiosity is a salient trait of certain people past and present and that each field has its exemplars in this regard. For Carl O. Sauer (1889-1975), America's leading geographer of the twentieth century, and his intellectual descendants, the inquisitive spirit stood high on the list of indispensable scholarly attributes. Their curiosity-driven studies converging space, time, ecology, and culture involved a fluid and unpredictable process of intellectual discovery. This book, combining the empirical with the philosophical and reflexive, describes how the power of intrinsic motivation and the thread of a romantic consciousness blend with the joy of polymathic exploration.