Territory, Globalization and International Relations The Cartographi

Globalization and changes to statehood challenge our understanding of space and territory. This book argues that we must understand that both the modern state and globalisation are based on a cartographic reality of space. In consequence, claims

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Territory, Globalization and International Relations The Cartographic Reality of Space Jeppe Strandsbjerg Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

© Jeppe Strandsbjerg 2010 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2010 978-0-230-58083-1

All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The author has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2010 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-36873-0 DOI 10.1057/9780230304130

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This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Strandsbjerg, Jeppe, 1973– Territory, globalization and international relations: the cartographic reality of space / Jeppe Strandsbjerg. p. cm. 1. Human territoriality—Political aspects. 2. Geopolitics. 3. International relations. I. Title. JC319.S77 2010 327.101—dc22 2010027563 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10

To Kjeld Anker Kabel (8.11.1914–8.5.2009); a humorous humanist with a curious interest in anything worldly and nothing spiritual.

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Contents List of Maps

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Acknowledgements 1

ix

Introduction

1

2 The State of Territory

21

3 Reclaiming a Spatial Reality

49

4 The Cartographic Foundation of Territory

68

5 The Cartographic Formation of a Global World

89

6 The Cartographic Formation of Denmark

120

7

147

Conclusion

Notes

157

Bibliography

162

Index

176

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List of Maps Map 4.1

The Hereford Cathedral mappaemundi, ca. 1300.

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Map 6.1

Map of Scandinavia by Claudius Claussøn Swart, ca. 1427.

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Map 6.2

Section of Olaus Magnus’