TY - GEN N1 - 24 cm N2 - This article presents the political and geopolitical views of Tomas Masaryk, who was not only an outstanding statesman, the founder of the Czechoslovak state and its fourterm President, but also a prominent scholar. He dealt mainly with philosophy, and his work in this domain is commonly known. On the other hand, his achievements in geopolitics have much less attention paid to them by the respective literature. This article thus recalls this thrust to Masaryk’s work, and also provides an interpretation thereof. As Masaryk’s creative output on geopolitical issues is quite ample, the issues touched upon in the article only constitute a selection, based primarily on the criterion of importance from the geographical point of view. The first of these issues is associated with the concept of Masaryk’s so-called “Czechoslovakism”. He was of the opinion that Czechs and Slovaks are essentially a single nation, with the only slight difference relating to the shape of the literary language. He was thus convinced that these peoples ought to live in one state, a concept gaining positive implementation after World War I. Another subject selected by the author is the territorial programme elaborated by Masaryk for the Czechoslovak state. His postulates considered at the Peace Conference in Paris are recalled and made subject to further analysis in this paper. A subsequent part deals with the work of Masaryk in the theoretical domain, vis-à-vis his interest in the emergence of states and development of nations, as well the relationship between the two. In turn, most clearly geographical in character are his considerations regarding Central Europe and the place of Czechoslovakia therein – issues also taken up in this article, in which a final part sees Masaryk’s attitude to Poland and Poles also commented upon. L1 - http://www.rcin.org.pl/igipz/Content/63061/PDF/WA51_82910_r2017-t89-z2_Przeg-Geogr-Eberhard.pdf M3 - Text J2 - Przegląd Geograficzny T. 89 z. 2 (2017) PY - 2017 IS - 2 EP - 338 KW - Czechoslovakia KW - geopolitics KW - Tomas Masaryk KW - Geography A1 - Eberhardt, Piotr (1935–2020) PB - IGiPZ PAN VL - 89 CY - Warszawa SP - 319 T1 - Poglądy geopolityczne Tomasza Masaryka = The geopolitical concepts of Tomas Masaryk UR - http://www.rcin.org.pl/igipz/dlibra/publication/edition/63061 ER -