Open AccessThe caribbean: geopolicts and geohistory
Author(s) -
Richard M. Morse
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
revista de história
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.104
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 2316-9141
pISSN - 0034-8309
DOI - 10.11606/issn.2316-9141.rh.1975.132962
Subject(s) - indulgence , geopolitics , caribbean island , caribbean region , product (mathematics) , political science , crucible (geodemography) , fragmentation (computing) , geography , development economics , history , economy , sociology , law , economics , demography , politics , ecology , geometry , mathematics , latin americans , computer science , operating system , biology
Pan-Caribbeanism — whether as a policy aspiration, as scientificconjecture, or as sentimental indulgence — is an increasingly familiarby-product of the Caribbean crucible of new and self-renovating nations.Any politician who pursues the goal of Caribbean federation,however, or any social scientist who generalizes about Caribbean societiesis forced to recognize that hitherto the only focused and authoritativeregional perspectives have been geopolitical and externally imposed.Ironically, the persons and powers who adopted them areprecisely those responsible for the region's fragmentation, for its neutralizationagainst internal schemes of integration.