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THE APPLICATION OF POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY TO LEGITIMIZE IMPERIALISTIC WORLD POWER POLICY IN THE SECOND REICH, AND GEOPOLITICS AS A PSEUDOSCIENTIFIC JUSTIFICATION FOR THE POLICY OF LEBENSRAUM DURING THE THIRD REICH HAS LED TO A GENERAL NEGLECT OF POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY STUDY IN GERMANY SINCE. THERE IS NOW THE QUESTION OF THE RELATION OF PRESENT GEOGRAPHY TO THIS PAST, OR HOW THE POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY OF TODAY HAS BEEN INFLUENCED BY ITS HISTORICAL FUNCTION. AFTER A REVIEW OF THE RELATIONS BETWEEN CLASSICAL AND CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY, A FEW NEW FRAMEWORKS WHICH INDICATE THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO CRITICAL REFLECTION ON THE PAST ARE STUDIED.