Records and rumors: Surveillance and information in late absolutist Denmark (1770–1849)
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This article questions common and present conceptions of pre-modern surveillance. A central observation is that sociological and historical readings of surveillance as a historical phenomenon focus on either continuities or discontinuities between pre-modern and modern states and their implementation of surveillance as governmental strategies. This article wishes to avoid such a discussion by focusing on concrete historical cases of surveillance in pre-modern Denmark. In this respect the article is inspired by the genealogical method of Michel Foucault, though it does not claim to be a fully developed genealogy. The article concludes that notions of pervasiveness and scope have to be viewed in proportion to concrete historical contexts.
Originalsprog | Engelsk |
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Tidsskrift | Surveillance & Society |
Vol/bind | 15 |
Udgave nummer | 2 |
Sider (fra-til) | 314-325 |
Antal sider | 12 |
ISSN | 1477-7487 |
Status | Udgivet - 2017 |
- Det Humanistiske Fakultet - Surveillance history, Foucault, genealogy
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- http://ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/surveillance-and-society/article/view/records
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