Beyond the unveiling of ideological bias in geographic research, it is possible to do a phenomenological analysis of ideologies as geographical phenomena. As a set of practices, they are an integral part of social life and they produce meanings which are essential to the relationships between man and his environment. The advantage of studying ideologies come from their relative autonomy and from the human initiative which they express. Consequently, some research themes may be developed. The study of locational conflicts may avoid the pitfalls of its widespread functionalist bias. The production of meaning by ideologies also allows the identification of human groups and spaces, whose unity is wanted and built by themselves. Finally, it becomes easier to circumscribe such meaning-loaded totalities, as it is possible to identify the goals present in any ideology.