TY - JOUR
T1 - On relevance in geography
T2 - Thünen's isolated state in relation to agriculture and political economy
AU - Portugali, Juval
PY - 1984
Y1 - 1984
N2 - Thünen's Isolated State as a whole is suggested here as a methodological model for a socially relevant geographical theory. In contrast to the usual approach in economic geography, of deriving a spatial model from a general economic theory, Thünen's methodology is to begin with a specific reality, to derive from it the specialized model of the Isolated State and to use it as an instrument for the construction of a general economic theory. This general economic theory, in turn, is designed to act upon society as a whole. Thünen's work is an example of how geography can be a specialized scientific activity within a holistic-integrative reality.
AB - Thünen's Isolated State as a whole is suggested here as a methodological model for a socially relevant geographical theory. In contrast to the usual approach in economic geography, of deriving a spatial model from a general economic theory, Thünen's methodology is to begin with a specific reality, to derive from it the specialized model of the Isolated State and to use it as an instrument for the construction of a general economic theory. This general economic theory, in turn, is designed to act upon society as a whole. Thünen's work is an example of how geography can be a specialized scientific activity within a holistic-integrative reality.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0021626789&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/0016-7185(84)90032-0
DO - 10.1016/0016-7185(84)90032-0
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AN - SCOPUS:0021626789
VL - 15
SP - 201
EP - 207
JO - Geoforum
JF - Geoforum
SN - 0016-7185
IS - 2
ER -