Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations vii
4. Foreword. Why Rudolf Kjellén? viii
5. Introduction 1
6. Chapter 1. Rudolf Kjellén: Academic, Publicist, Politician 11
7. Chapter 2. Rudolf Kjellén: The Swedish Intellectual and Political Context 27
8. Chapter 3. Sweden’s Borders: Kjellén’s Contribution to Social Science by Defining and Applying Geopolitics 48
9. Chapter 4. Rudolf Kjellén’s Great Power Studies: The Editions 63
10. Chapter 5. Rudolf Kjellén’s Great Power Studies: Examining Germany, USA, Russia, Japan 134
11. Chapter 6. Geopolitics, Political Geography and the Political Science Irredenta: Kjellén’s The State as a Form of Life 160
12. Chapter 7. Kjellén and the First World War 176
13. Chapter 8. The Small Game in the Shadow of the Great Game: Kjellénian Biopolitics between Constructivism and Realism 197
14. Chapter 9. Discourse, Identity and Territoriality: Kjellén’s Thinking about a European Federation of States 212
15. Chapter 10. Rudolf Kjellén’s Intellectual Impact in Latin America 231
16. Chapter 11. Kjellén’s Legacy: A Story of Divergent Interpretations 250
17. Conclusion. Kjellén’s Life and Work: Tensions between Opposites 290
18. Index 295