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Problematics of Military Power: Government, Discipline and the Subject of Violence


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This book traces the relations between the organization of violence and social and political order from ancient Rome to early modern Europe. Following the work of Michel Foucault, the author studies the ways authority, obedience and forms of self-conduct were produced by the micro-techniques used to govern the bodies of violence deployed in different forms of warfare.

Table of Contents:
Introduction; Part 1 Part One: Ancient; Chapter 1 Ancient Rome and Historical Sociology; Chapter 2 The Roman Republic; Chapter 3 The Imperial Order; Chapter 4 From Pax Romana to the Order of Feud; Part 2 Part Two: Medieval; Chapter 5 Medieval History and Historical Sociology; Chapter 6 Encastellation; Chapter 7 Three Orders of Violence; Chapter 8 Medieval Formations: War-State and Law-State; Part 3 Part Three: Late Medieval; Chapter 9 The Hundred Years War; Chapter 10 A Military Domain; Part 4 Part Four: Early Modern; Chapter 11 Two Sources of Military Modernity: Burgundy and the Swiss; Chapter 12 Republic and Monarchy: Two Texts on Government, Discipline and the Subject of Violence; Chapter 13 The Early Modern Army and Historical Sociology; Chapter 14 Military Reformations; Chapter 15 Military and Civil Society; Chapter 16 Reflections; Select Bibliography; Index;

About the Author :
Michael Drake is a teaching fellow at the School of Economic and Social Studies, University of East Anglia. He was awarded his PhD in 1998, on which this book is based.

Review :
This innovative book will be of significant interest to those studying past and present transformations of military power and their shaping of societies and international relations - Choice


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780714652023
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: Government, Discipline and the Subject of Violence
  • Width: 156 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0714652024
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jan 2002
  • Height: 234 mm
  • No of Pages: 344
  • Weight: 680 gr


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