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Karl Haushofer

Karl Haushofer was a German geopolitical analyst, political scientist, pedagogue, military officer, university teacher and writer (1869–1946). He was born at Munich and died at Pähl.

Karl Haushofer in brief

Born
1869
Died
1946
Known for
geopolitical analyst, political scientist, pedagogue, military officer, university teacher, writer, politician and geographer
Place of birth
Munich
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Formation and teaching

Karl Haushofer studied at War Academy and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. The record notes the qualification doctorate.

Career and activity

He was employed by Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. Recorded position is professor. He belonged to Thule Society. He worked at Munich.

Catalogued works

39 works under this name are catalogued by Open Library and Wellcome Collection.

Welt in gärung. Erdkunde, Geopolitik und Wehrwissenschaft. Der deutsche Anteil an der geographischen Erschliessung Japans und des Subjapanischen Erdraums, und deren Förderung durch den Einfluss von Krieg und Wehrpolitik. Raumüberwindende mächte. Geographie und Weltmacht, eine Einführung in die Geopolitik. Wehr-geopolitik. 太平洋地政学. Der deutsche anteil an der geographischen erschliessung Japans und des subjapanischen erdraums. Das Werden des deutschen Volkes. Napoleon I. Japans Werdegang als Weltmacht und Empire. Alt-Japan, Werdegang von der Urzeit bis zur Grossmachtschwelle (1868-Meiji). Probleme der Weltpolitik in Wort und Bild. Erdraum und Erdkräfte. Kulturpolitische Leitlinien. Il Gippone costruisce il suo impero. Bausteine zur Geopolitik. Geopolitik des Pazifischen Ozeans. Der Kontinentalblock, Mitteleuropa, Eurasien, Japan. Rückblick und Vorschau auf das geopolitische Kartenwesen ... Weltmeere und Weltmächte. Nihon. Weltpolitik von heute. Das Werden des deutschen Volkes von der Viefalt der Stämme zur Einheit der Nation. Chiseijigaku no kiso riron. Der Rhein. Geopolitik des Pazifischen Ozeans, Studien über die Wechselbeziehungen zwischen Geographie und Geschichte. Dai Nihon. Das Japanische Reich in seiner geographischen Entwicklung. De la géopolitique. Der nationalsozialistische Gedanke in der Welt. Deutsche kulturpolitik im indopazifischen raum. Deutschlands weg an der zeitenwende. Geopolitik der Pan-Ideen. Grenzen in ihrer geographischen und politischen bedeutung. Mit 32 skizzen. Het biduur: Toespraken ten gebruike bij bedestonden, met eene verhandeling .. Japan baut sein Reich. Japans Reichserneuerung. Mikroskopische Reactionen : eine Anleitung zur Erkennung verschiedener Elemente und Verbindungen unter dem Mikroscop als Supplement zu Methoden der qualitativen Analyse / von K. Haushofer., dated 1885, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

11 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Kapitel 9. Karl Haushofer und der Nationalsozialismus, Geopolitik, 1994. Haushofer, Karl (1869–1946), Encyclopedia of Geography, 2010. KARL HAUSHOFER 1942 “Why Geopolitik?”, The Geopolitics Reader, 2003. Mackinder's “heartland” – legitimation of US foreign policy in World War II and the Cold War of the 1950s, Geographica Helvetica, 2023. A cartografia geopolítica no rastro do geógrafo-general Karl Haushofer, Terra Brasilis, 2018. Obraz niemieckiej geopolityki w amerykańskiej propagandzie wojennej: Plan for Destruction (1943), Przegląd Geopolityczny, 2024. Geopolityka w cieniu swastyki., Studia Maritima, 2016. Los fundamentos geográficos de la política exterior, Geopolítica(s), 2013. O Pensamento Geopolítico de Karl Haushofer, Geografia (Londrina), 2023. Dal Lebensraum allo spazio vitale – la ricezione politica del pensiero di Ratzel in Italia, 1900–1943, Geographica Helvetica, 2022. “Rational in the irrational”: ideas of continentalism of the first half of the 20th century in the context of the historical process theory, Известия высших учебных заведений. Поволжский регион: Гуманитарные науки, 2023.

Digitised editions and texts

17 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive, DataCite (Junker und Dünnhaupt Verlag), DataCite (CERDEL Multidisciplinary Journal of African Development), DataCite (Zenodo) and DataCite (NN).

Karl Haushofer Mutsuhito Kaiser Von Japan, 1933 (1933) — Internet Archive. The World of General Haushofer: Geopolitics in Action (1966) — Internet Archive. Raumüberwindende Mächte — Internet Archive. Japan Baut Sein Reich (1941) — Internet Archive. Karl Haushofer, Erich Obst, Hermann Lautensach, Otto Maull - Bausteine Zur Geopolitik, 1928 (1928) — Internet Archive. Karl Haushofer - Japan Und Die Japaner, 1933 (1933) — Internet Archive. Karl Haushofer - Geopolitik Der Pan Ideen, 1931 (1931) — Internet Archive. Karl Haushofer - Der Kontinentalblock. Mitteleuropa – Eurasien – Japan, 1941 (1941) — Internet Archive. Het biduur: Toespraken ten gebruike bij bedestonden, met eene verhandeling ... (1877) — Internet Archive. Karl Haushofer Weltpolitik Von Heute ( 1935, 165 Doppels., Scan, Fraktur) (1935) — Internet Archive. Japan und die Japaner. Eine Landeskunde (1923) — Internet Archive. Karl Haushofer - Grenzen In Ihrer Geographischen Und Politischen Bedeutung, 1927 (1927) — Internet Archive. Wehr-Geopolitik : geographische Grundlagen einer Wehrkunde (1934) — DataCite (Junker und Dünnhaupt Verlag). EXAMINING THE AUDACITY OF CHARLES DARWIN'S EVOLUTIONARY THEORY ON MORALITY AND PSEUDOCHRISTIANITY IN THE 21STCCENTURY INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (2025) — DataCite (CERDEL Multidisciplinary Journal of African Development). EXAMINING THE AUDACITY OF CHARLES DARWIN'S EVOLUTIONARY THEORY ON MORALITY AND PSEUDOCHRISTIANITY IN THE 21STCCENTURY INTERNATIONAL RELATION (2025) — DataCite (Zenodo). Ueber Schmucksteine, [2]:Vortrag, gehalten im Bayer. Kunstgewerbe-Verein (1884) — DataCite (NN). Ueber Schmucksteine, [1]: Vortrag, gehalten im Bayer. Kunstgewerbe-Verein (1884) — DataCite (NN).

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 44 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)) and 51 deposited research records (DataCite Commons). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 6 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 6 means 6 genuinely separate publishers of record. 16 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Karl Haushofer studied at War Academy and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. the recorded working language is German.

Places of work recorded in the authority are Munich. Employment is recorded with Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. Positions recorded include professor. Membership is recorded of Thule Society.

Distinctions recorded are Order of the Sacred Treasure, 2nd Class.

Chronology

  1. 1869Karl Haushofer born at Munich.
  2. 1928Karl Haushofer, Erich Obst, Hermann Lautensach, Otto Maull - Bausteine Zur Geopolitik, 1928 digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 1933Karl Haushofer Mutsuhito Kaiser Von Japan, 1933 digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 1933Karl Haushofer - Japan Und Die Japaner, 1933 digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 1941Japan Baut Sein Reich digitised by Internet Archive.
  6. 1946Karl Haushofer died at Pähl.
  7. 1966The World of General Haushofer: Geopolitics in Action digitised by Internet Archive.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    DataCite Commons, deposited research records naming “Karl Haushofer”

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  2. 2.

    Haushofer, Karl (1869–1946), Encyclopedia of Geography, 2010

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Kapitel 9. Karl Haushofer und der Nationalsozialismus, Geopolitik, 1994

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    KARL HAUSHOFER 1942 “Why Geopolitik?”, The Geopolitics Reader, 2003

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  5. 5.

    Open Library author record for Karl Haushofer (Internet Archive), 48 catalogued works.

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  6. 6.

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 8 articles naming Karl Haushofer.

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  7. 7.

    Internet Archive, 24 digitised items catalogued under Karl Haushofer as creator.

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  8. 8.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 1 work naming Karl Haushofer.

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  9. 9.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q76746: Karl Haushofer

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  10. 10.

    “Karl Haushofer”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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