ISBN:
9780226304861
,
0226304868
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xvii, 249 p.)
,
ill., map.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Additional Information:
Rezensiert in Spickard, James V. 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) 2007
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Gorski, Philip S Disciplinary revolution
DDC:
306.094
Keywords:
Christian sociology Reformed Church
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History
;
Church and state Reformed Church
;
History
;
Church and state History
;
Europe
;
Calvinism History
;
Europe
;
Sociologie religieuse Église réformée
;
Histoire
;
Église et État Église réformée
;
Histoire
;
Église et État Histoire
;
Europe
;
Calvinisme Histoire
;
Europe
;
Christian sociology Reformed Church
;
History
;
Church and state Reformed Church
;
History
;
Church and state History
;
Calvinism History
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture
;
Calvinism
;
Christian sociology ; Reformed Church
;
Church and state
;
Politics and government
;
Calvinismus
;
Staat
;
Calvinisme
;
Kerk en staat
;
Staatsvorming
;
Sociale disciplinering
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
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POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy
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Church history
;
History
;
Europe Politics and government
;
Europe Church history
;
Europe Politique et gouvernement
;
Europe Histoire religieuse
;
Europa
;
Europe Politics and government
;
Europe Church history
;
Europe
;
Europa
;
Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
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.
Abstract:
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-236) and index. - Description based on print version record
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