Curiosity, inquiry, and the geographical imagination

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Autore principale: Gade, Daniel W., 1936-
Ente Autore: ebrary, Inc
Natura: Elettronico eBook
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: New York : Peter Lang, c2011.
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Sommario:
  • Curiosity about curiosity
  • Exemplars of the inquisitive spirit
  • Shamans and scholars : the questing self as archetype
  • Epistemic curiosity and romantic sensibility in American geography
  • Anima curiositas : Carl O. Sauer
  • Curious descendants : Sauer's web of scholarly influence
  • Scholarly motivation, intrinsic and extrinsic
  • Born to seek : an intellectual topography
  • Curiosity as progressive actualization
  • Twisting paths and blind alleys : curiosity and the contingency of the quest
  • Curiosity as text and sequel : landscape as witness to the past
  • Conclusion. The long journey to scholarly enchantment.