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第32 卷 第3 期 地 理 科 学 进 展 Vol.32, No.3 2013 年03 月 PROGRESSINGEOGRAPHY Mar., 2013 Diverse Perspectives on Society and Environment ——Plenary Lecture at the 32th International Geographical Congress Anne Buttimer (School of Geography, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland) Editors note: This paper is based on the plenary lecture presented by Professor Anne Buttimer at the 32th Internation- al Geographical Congress (Cologne, August 27, 2012), with several revisions and amendments. Professor Anne Buttim- er is a world famous geographer, gaining exceptionally high regard through her work in social and humanist geography. She was President of the International Geographical Union (IGU) during 2000-2004, and remains a Fellow of Royal Irish Academy, Royal Geographical Society (UK) and was recently elected as Vice President of Academia Europaea. In this paper, the author makes a systematic review of the traditions of geographic enquiry, especially those conterpoint voices on the relationship between society and environment down the centuries, tracing their philosophical sources both in the East and West. Referencing the four world views and their root metaphors, she then points out the problems in present-day geographic study, and calls for innovations in the future studies on this theme. The paper has a very high perspective and thus will be extremely influential. Key words: relationship between society and environment; counterpoint voices; root metaphors doi: 10.11820/dlkxjz.2013.03.002 It is delightful to be here in Cologne, the city of