期刊名称：Romanian Review of Political Sciences and International Relations
印刷版ISSN：1841-2300
电子版ISSN：2285-2107
出版年度：2015
卷号：XII
期号：1
页码：48-58
出版社：Romanian Academy Publishing House
摘要：There is no doubt that the most salient consti tuent of Mackinder's perspective on the World Island is the geographical one. This article argues that what makes the question of Heartland so important for contemporary geopolitics is mainly the neglected part of Mackinder's theory, namely the political ability of the Russian state to create a community of citizens and a regional, effective infrastructure. Only a highly modernized Heartland could be an unassailable competitor in the world politics. Therefore in highlighting the institutional dimension of Mackinder's theory to the detriment of its geographical one, we contend that sociology has an important say in contemporary geopolitical analyses. The article also pinpoints the pernicious effects of a geography-dominated geopolitics, arguing that bringing mainly geography to the front of geopolitical analyses might transform Mackinder's theory into a geopolitical metanarrative.
