Review article

THE CONCEPT OF BOUNDARY IN POSTMODERN GEOPOLITICS

Marta Zorko orcid.org/0000-0002-8458-7384 ; Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

This works examines the concept of boundary through the prism of postmodern
geopolitics. Through an analysis of theses by eminent authors in this
field, the author aims at a synthetic representation and evaluation of the complexity
of the globalisation phenomenon, and of the consequences that can be
caused by deterritorialisation in the postmodern contextualisation of boundaries
and space. Some premature theses regarding the “end of geography” or
the states’ loss of power in the contemporary world, have promptly been countered
by well-founded criticism of the scientific community. The central section
of the work inquires into the character of deterritorialisation, and analyses
the traps inherent to contemporary research of territory and the geopolitical
characteristics thereof.

Keywords

boundary; state; sovereignty; globalisation; deterritorialisation; postmodern geopolitics; de-geographisation of the world; triadisation; glocalisation

Hrčak ID:

84617

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/84617

Publication date:

6.6.2012.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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