Scientist of world history talks about geography’s role for Greece

This scientist has been described as a geographer of world history who deciphers the mosaic of human societies and their relationship with the environment: Jared Diamond, professor of geography at the University of California, Los Angeles, talks to Kathimerini in one of his rare interviews and discusses concepts of global anthropogeography. How is national identity interpreted? What is the importance of geographic luck when it comes to the development of Greece? And how can the neglect or destruction of a nation's cultural heritage lead to its collapse?

A Pulitzer Prize winner with some of the greatest books on anthropological studies, such as "Guns, Germs and Steel" and "Upheaval" in his authorial quiver, Professor Diamond offers Kathimerini readers a global picture of the Greek nation's contribution to European sovereignty, while explaining how populist movements and the...