La géographie physique des années 1970 en France, entre occasions manquées et essais non transformés ?

Abstract

The period from 1968 to 1981 is a crucial one in France for physical geography, between tradition and innovation. Since 1950, physical geography was confronted, scientifically and socially, to various changes in terms of concepts and theories, especially the dual revolution of systems theory and quantitative geography. In the 1970s there was an acceleration towards large international programs, globalisation and technological innovation. The paper discusses some fundamental reasons for the incomplete transformation of the French physical geography, less from lack of resources than as a result of an insufficient number of scholars to put forward the renewal of ideas.

Keywords

• Geography
• Scientific revolution
• Epistemology
• Paradigm
• Quantification
• System