EL TERRITORIO COMO PUENTE ENTRE LA CULTURA Y LA POLÍTICA, PARTE II. EL PENSAMIENTO DE FEDERICO A. DAUS 1922-1957

Abstract

A summary of Federico Daus’ thinking is presented through his written work, in particular that before the publication of “Geografía y unidad argentina”, his most distinctive piece. The chronological order provides a preliminary method to outline a set of main issues. An interest on territory as a field for applied speculation may be recognized on his most early contributions. Afterwards, his work adapts to the humanistic lines of the Museo Etnográfico of the University of Buenos Aires. At University of La Plata he further develops a political understanding of natural resources through regional geography. Before his engagement with the peronist government Daus composes two of his most comprehensive works, the “Geografía de la República Argentina”, published in Spain, and the first volume of his “Geografía de la Argentina”, intended forsecondary school teaching. His production comes to a complete stop until “Geografía y unidad argentina”, an analysis of the role of territory in Argentina’s conformation. The prospective point of view is addressed one again in the following years through the idea of development, as a combination of cultural academic inputs and the search of making a contribution to national life through territory.