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

by Philip S. Gorski

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226304841
• ISBN13: 9780226304847
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.0"