Abstract
Abstract Rudolf Kjellen's Geopolitik was part of his attempt to produce a systematic political science, focused on the study of the state. Based on organic analogy, Kjellen wanted to construct an objective way to analyze the evolution of the power of states and to examine how this process affected interstate relations. With his numerous roles—as professor of political science, self-taught geographer, Conservative MP and columnist—Kjellen's stated scientific goal of objectivity never gained followers, especially in his advocacy of Swedish nationalism and the German cause in the First World War. While his ideas got no following in Sweden, his Germanophile Weltanschauung was adopted in Germany, most importantly by the Geopolitik school associated with Karl Haushofer.
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