Mirko Grčić Problem celovitosti u geografiji (original) (raw)

2011, TREĆI KONGRES SRPSKIH GEOGRAFA SA MEĐUNARODNIM UČEŠĆEM. Zbornik radova.THIRD CONGRESS OF SERBIAN GEOGRAPHERS WITH INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATION – Congress proceedings

The problem of the holistic view is essential for the definition of "complex object" of geography, its subject, methods, and places in the system of sciences. In modern geography there is a need to clearly define the subject of general geography, not as a conglomerate of data submitted by the branch of science. However, any theoretical generalization usually is accompanied by opposite theories. So, on the contrary to the wholeness of the objects, there are a binary opposition theories and dichotomies like: monism - dualism, holism - reductionism, idiographic - nomotetic access, global - regional (local), general - particular, natural - cultural, necessity - a coincidence, differentiation - integration, analysis - synthesis and so on, which were harmful to the clarity of geographical thought. As a result, the impose questions are "Where is geography?", "What are its goals?", "Where are the limits of geographical research?", "What is the essence of the subject and methodology of geography?" What is the essence of the geographical aspects of research facilities, which are also the subject of the other sciences?". Such issues need to be constantly designing, but always in other aspects and of the new level of understanding, to overcome one-sidedness. The aim of this paper is to draw the attention of geographers to resolve these theoretical questions of geography. Key words: Geography, theory, wholeness, region, area, geo-system.