The Explanation of Humanism in Geographical Study

Abstract

This research paper seeks to highlight the meaning, explanation and historical development of the philosophy of humanism in geographical study in the world. It shows the importance of role of human being in various geographical studies. The humanistic geography is mainly developed due to the result of the revolution of quantification within the scope of geography. Humanists can see the demerits of positivistic and quantitative Geography, and thus they have rectified it with the help of humanistic geographical thinking and approaches .The human activities, his place and his ideas are important and basic things in humanism in geography. In fact humanism is very much associated with geographical study. According to the supporters of it the human ideas, values and skills are important while explaining various geographical phenomena on the earth.