Romanian Geopolitics: From the Geographical Approach to Gusti’s School of Sociology: The Coniunctionis Animae Concept and Its Context

Abstract

Romanian Geopolitics: From the Geographical Approach to Gusti’s School of Sociology: The Coniunctionis Animae Concept and Its Context geopolitics is not a superfluous field, secondary to the social sciences. it is a necessity as long as societies have states, and states are sovereign. romania solved its first historical imperative—the realization of one state, one society/nation in 1918. after 1918, a second imperative emerged almost immediately: the “unification in soul” of the liberated provinces, as d. gusti called it. We shall call it coniunctionis animae. These two geopolitical emergencies were approached from historical, sociological, and geographical perspectives long before becoming part of a romanian geopolitics designated as such. The coniunctionis animae was of particular concern for gusti’s school of sociology, with some important ramifications related to the historical communities of romanians abroad, to the geopolitical role of the state, etc. We also highlight some important contributions to romanian geopolitics coming from forerunners such as simion mehedinþi and george Vâlsan.