Societal Breakdown and the Rise of the Early Modern State in Europe - Memory of the Future

Zusatztext "Dmitry Shlapentokh's deliciously Hobbesian tour de force effectively challenges reigning views of the modern state as the product of ideology, discourse, rational choice, contingency, and institutional utility. And by taking crime, banditry, and violence seriously, Shlapentokh persuasively argues that societal disintegration gave rise to the 'strong repressive state,' which in turn enabled civil society and democracy to emerge. Everyone with a theory of the state should read this book." - Alexander J. Motyl, Professor of Political Science, Rutgers University - Newark "This book examines the link between social disorder, revolution, totalitarianism, and restoration of 'the basic order.' Shalpentokh locates his historical causes not in socio-political conflicts, but rather in the associated behaviors that confront order itself. Shlapentokh asks the question: is post-totalitarianism to be our future? This is a provocative thesis and a challenge to the historicity of events, with political implications. This book promises controversy." - Claudio Sergio Nun Ingerflom, Director of Research, Centre National de Recherches Scientifiques, France Informationen zum Autor Dmitry Shlapentokh is Associate Professor of History, Indiana University South Bend. Klappentext Shlapentokh asserts that asocial behavior in both medieval France and the contemporary West is not a marginal occurrence but rather a mainstream phenomena! and one that can often be stopped by strong force as the only antidote to social chaos. Zusammenfassung Shlapentokh asserts that asocial behavior in both medieval France and the contemporary West is not a marginal occurrence but rather a mainstream phenomena! and one that can often be stopped by strong force as the only antidote to social chaos. Inhaltsverzeichnis Revolution as Disintegration, Meltdown and the Rise of the Strong State: Major Theorists and Framework of the Work * Background to the Early Modern Era * Crime in France in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries * Medical Implications: Asocial Process and Disease * Persistent Danger: Asocial Behavior in the Sixteenth Century * Conclusion: The Rise of the Despotic Government...

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• Authors: D Shlapentokh, D. Shlapentokh, Dmitry Shlapentokh
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.01.2014
• EAN: 9781349371754
• ISBN: 978-1-349-37175-4
• No. of pages: 238
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; B, Education, History, Sociology, History: specific events & topics, European History, Criminology, Political Sociology, Politics & government, Political science & theory, Political History, World Politics, Crime & criminology, History, Modern, Modern History, Criminology and Criminal Justice, general, Europe—History, Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Advice on education, Popular Science in Education, crime;desegregation;Europe;France;government;revolution;work