Civilization Borderlands as Spiritual Diversity. Specially Protected Areas

Abstract

Borderlands are normally taken into consideration only as entities that separate and not as objects of inquiry per se. This is the result of the fact that most of researchers fail to recognize that borders are not just abstract lines between two plates; they are ‘immaterial bodies’ that develop according to their own inner logic. Borderland civilization should receive the special status of Sacred Reserves, that would imply a set of regulations and policies, both restricting and encouraging, in the same way as it is done with regards to Nature Reserves.