Current debates among French speaking geographers have been dynamic and fruitful. Such is the case with the recent series of articles that appeared in three different journals, concerning the notion of tropical geography and the work of Pierre Gourou. The Cahiers de geographic du Québec are now publishing a dozen articles, six of which dealing specifically with the question of ideology in geography, and all contributing to the new stock of ideas and debates in the discipline. This article situates them and summarizes a few.