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

Philip S. Gorski

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

Philip S. Gorski

3.91/5 (54 ratings)

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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 EuropeOCoand the world.
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Pages:: pages

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Publisher:

Edition:: 1

Language:

ISBN10:: 0226304841

ISBN13:: 9780226304847

kindle Asin:: B00IGVQNZQ

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