Progress in historical geography II: Desperately seeking connections (again) – The mendacious, the micrological, and the mercurial
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Historical geography’s core concern with connections between the past and present is currently expressed in an age marked by a desperate search for connections. The report considers how historical geography is linked to this scene through various ‘return of history’ ripostes and via the travails of what is described as its ‘pluriverse’. Three problematics are then identified: ‘the mendacious’ (about the truth of history); ‘the micrological’ (concern with biography and ‘small things’); and ‘the mercurial’ (regarding structural problems of violence and hope). Much for the subdiscipline now hinges on how the words freedom, truth, violence, and hope are treated.
Source: Progress in Human Geography
Author: Daniel Clayton
Institution: University of St Andrews
Language: English
Subfield: Geography, Planning and Development
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $3,900
OpenAlex ID: W4409700363