Title:	The Tradition of Examining the Effect of the Natural Environment on Human Society, or Environmental Determinism in Pre-Modern History
Other Titles:	Tradice zkoumání vlivu přírodního prostředí na lidskou společnost aneb přírodní determinismus v předmoderních dějinách
Authors:	Urban, Martin
Citation:	URBAN, M. The Tradition of Examining the Effect of the Natural Environment on Human Society, or Environmental Determinism in Pre-Modern History. West Bohemian Historical Review, 2018, roč. VIII-2018, č. 2, s. 125-143. ISSN 1804-5480.
Issue Date:	2018
Publisher:	Západočeská univerzita v Plzni
Document type:	článek article
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/11025/31265
ISSN:	1804-5480
Keywords:	humánní geografie;přírodní determinismus;dějiny vědy;dějiny geografie;antika;předmoderní dějiny
Keywords in different language:	Human geography;environmental determinism;history of science;history of geography;antiquity;pre-modern history
Abstract in different language:	The issue of the effect of the natural environment on human society has been (and still is being) an important topic in geographical literature since ancient times. Scholars have queried to what degree natural conditions influence the human population, its character and history, for many years and have presented various theses, theories and concepts, which they have used to try and describe this mutual relationship. The aim of this article is to present this long-standing conceptual tradition in basic outlines, from its oldest manifestation in ancient Greece to the birth of modern science at the beginning of the 19th century. Different approaches from Hippocrates, through Strabo, Ibn Khaldūn to Montesquieu will be discussed. However, most geographers in pre-modern history have approached to the topic more or less deterministically.
Rights:	© Západočeská univerzita v Plzni
Appears in Collections:	Číslo 2 (2018) Články / Articles (KHV) OBD

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