The Disciplinary Revolution: Calvinism and the Rise of the State in Early Modern Europe

Philip S. Gorski

Published by University of Chicago Press 2003

The Disciplinary Revolution

Calvinism and the Rise of the State in Early Modern Europe

Philip S. Gorski

https://doi.org/10.7208/9780226304861

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What explains the rapid growth of state power in early modern Europe? While most scholars have pointed to the impact of military or capitalist revolutions, Philip S. Gorski argues instead for the importance of a disciplinary revolution unleashed by the Reformation. By refining and diffusing a variety of disciplinary techniques and strategies, such as communal surveillance, control through incarceration, and bureaucratic office-holding, Calvin and his followers created an infrastructure of religious governance and social control that served as a model for the rest of Europe—and the world.

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Philip S. Gorski is an associate professor of sociology and director of the Max and Marianne Weber Center for Comparative Social Analysis at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He is coauthor of The German Left: Red, Green, and Beyond.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface and Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
1. Body and Soul: Calvinism, Discipline, and State Power in Early Modern Europe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Disciplinary Revolution from Below in the Low Countries Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
3. Disciplinary Revolution from Above in Brandenburg-Prussia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	79
4. Social Disciplining in Comparative Perspective Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	114
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237

Language: English
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 266
Keywords: discipline; calvinist; time period; era; history; historical; european; sociology; sociologist; academic; scholarly; research; growth; power; military; capitalism; capitalist; revolution; reformation; technique; strategy; behavior; surveillance; community; communal; culture; cultural; bureaucratic; bureaucracy; office; election; vote; infrastructure; religion; religious

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Published: September 17, 2010
ISBN: 9780226304861