Curiosity, inquiry, and the geographical imagination
By: Daniel W. Gade
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 307
ISBN-13: 9781433115417
Subjects: Human beings; Curiosity; Learning; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Curiosity about curiosity; title: Exemplars of the inquisitive spirit; title: Shamans and scholars : the questing self as archetype; title: Epistemic curiosity and romantic sensibility in American geography; title: Anima curiositas : Carl O. Sauer; title: Curious descendants : Sauer's web of scholarly influence; title: Scholarly motivation, intrinsic and extrinsic; title: Born to seek : an intellectual topography; title: Curiosity as progressive actualization; title: Twisting paths and blind alleys : curiosity and the contingency of the quest; title: Curiosity as text and sequel : landscape as witness to the past; title: Conclusion. The long journey to scholarly enchantment.