Abstract
This work analyzes Foucault’s contribution to the development of
geographic thinking through emphasis on its interpretation of space and
elements of its epistemology. To understand this, it will start from two
directions, from the geographer’s interest in Foucault’s geography, as
well as his reference works for this discipline. These disciplinary
issues are best marked by his notions of geoepistemology and spatial
turn in social and humanities, which are important because two issues we
will address in this work. First, it refers to more precise definitions
of the boundaries of modern, for which there is a consensus among
geographers and is related to the establishment of scientific geography
(Humboldt and Ritter), but the end of this epoch is interpreted
differently. Some geographers link this to: identifying three key
principles for the construction of postmodernism, which are: style,
epoch and method (Dear, 1988); an increased attack on history in modern
thought (Soja, 1989); infuriatingly difficult to define (Cloke et al.,
1991) or with the emergence of neoliberalism (Peet, 1998). Another issue
concerns the possibility of applying post-structural methods to
deconstruct major cultural and geographical changes in the Western
Balkans at the end of the 20th century. This will be achieved through
indications of genealogical analysis in the interpretation of
contemporary historical-geographical and political-geographical issues
in the example of Sarajevo (1992-1995).