The epistemological-institutional dispute between the Human Geography and the Social Morphology: continuities and discontinuities in the strategies of scientific legitimation of the communities of geographers and sociologists at the threshold of the twent

  • Gonzalo Ezequiel Lus Bietti Instituto de Geografía "Romualdo Ardissone". Facultad de Filosofía y Letras. Universidad de Buenos Aires.

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Epistemological-institutional dispute, strategies of scientific legitimation, scientific communities

Abstract

On the verge of the twentieth century, the Human Geography of Paul Vidal de la Blache disputed the appropriation of the study of the relationship Society-Nature with the Social Morphology of Emile Durkheim. The background of this event was tainted by epistemological issues, with epicenter in the different conceptions of the environment, as well as by institutional issues, since Sociology intended to integrate within its domain the field of Human Geography. While Durkheim’s strategies had been to interpret and criticize Vidal’s Geography through Ratzel’s Geography, La Blache chose to move away from Ratzel’s Geography and thus differentiate himself from the Social Morphology. With the intervention of the disciples, these strategies not only continued, but they were also modified. Mauss and Halbwachs continued to undermine the epistemological-institutional space of Vidalian ́s Geography through the critique of Ratzel ́s Geography, but Simiand was a pioneer in criticizing the Vidalians directly. Demangeon and Vacher contributed to highlighting the singularity of Vidal de la Blache’s Geography, but Febvre and Vallaux outlined a defense of Human Geography through a critique of Social Morphology.

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2019-05-21

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Lus Bietti, G. E. (2019). The epistemological-institutional dispute between the Human Geography and the Social Morphology: continuities and discontinuities in the strategies of scientific legitimation of the communities of geographers and sociologists at the threshold of the twent. Huellas, 23(1), 49–70. Retrieved from https://cerac.unlpam.edu.ar/ojs/index.php/huellas/article/view/3585

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