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The disciplinary revolution : Calvinism and the rise of the state in early modern Europe / Philip S. Gorski

Gorski, Philip S., 1963-

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2003

Online Ressource (xvii, 249 p.) : ill., map.

Englisch

Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-236) and index. - Description based on print version record

Erscheint auch als: Gorski, Philip S : Disciplinary revolution. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2003 (Druck-Ausgabe)

Rezensiert in: The Disciplinary Revolution: Calvinism and the Rise of the State in Early Modern Europe by Philip S. Gorski. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003, 249 pp.; 52.00 USD (cloth); 21.00 USD (paper) / James V. Spickard, 2007

978-0-226-30486-1 (electronic bk.); 0-226-30486-8 (electronic bk.)

978-1-283-15075-0 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 1-283-15075-1 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 0-226-30483-3 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-0-226-30483-0 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 0-226-30483-3 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-0-226-30483-0 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 0-226-30484-1 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-0-226-30484-7 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 0-226-30483-3 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

9780226304830

OCoLC: 727381196 (aus SWB)     

Online-Ausg.

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BX9423.S63

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Body and soul : Calvinism, discipline, and state power in early modern Europe -- Disciplinary revolution from below in the Low Countries -- Disciplinary revolution from above in Brandenburg-Prussia -- Social disciplining in comparative perspective.

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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