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Author Gorski, Philip S

Title The disciplinary revolution : Calvinism and the rise of the state in early modern Europe / Philip S. Gorski
Published Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 249 pages) : illustrations, map
Contents 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
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-236) and index
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Subject Christian sociology -- Reformed Church -- History
Church and state -- Reformed Church -- History
Church and state -- Europe -- History
Calvinism -- Europe -- History
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
Church and state -- Reformed Church
Calvinism
Christian sociology -- Reformed Church
Church and state
Politics and government
Calvinismus
Staat
Calvinisme.
Kerk en staat.
Staatsvorming.
Sociale disciplinering.
SUBJECT Europe -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045733
Europe -- Church history. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045633
Subject Europe
Europa
Genre/Form Church history
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780226304861
0226304868
9781283150750
1283150751
0226304833
9780226304830