Impersonal power : history and theory of the Bourgeois State / by Heide Gerstenberger ; translated by David Fernbach.

By:

Gerstenberger, Heide

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Original language: German Series: Historical materialism book series ; 15.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston, Mass. : Brill, ©2007.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 803 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9789047421528
9047421523

Uniform titles:

Subjektlose Gewalt. English

Subject(s): Genre/Form:

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Impersonal power.DDC classification:

305.5/20941 22

LOC classification:

JN309 .G4715 2007eb

Online resources:

Click here to access online

Contents:

Preface to the English Edition; Part One The Rise of Bourgeois States: Preconditions for an Explanation; 1. Miracles, for example; 2. States in general, 'bourgeois' states in particular; 3. Examples of explanatory approaches; 4. False conclusions from structural analysis; 5. Pitfalls in historical comparison; 6. Advice on reading; Part Two From Ancien Régime to Bourgeois State: England; 'How then did they do it?'; Chapter One English Feudalism: Appropriation by Land Lordship and Force of Arms under Feudally Generalised Royal Power; Chapter Two The Ancien Régime in England.

Summary: The point of departure of Heide Gerstenberger's path-breaking work is a critique of structural-functionalist theory of the state, in both its modernisation theory and materialist variants. Prof. Gerstenberger opposes to these a historical-theoretical explanation that proceeds from the long-term structuring effect of concrete social practice. This is elucidated by detailed investigation of the development of bourgeois state power in the two key examples of England and France. The different complexions that the bourgeois state assumed are presented as the results of processes of social and cultural formation, and thus irreducible to a simple function of capitalism. This approach culminates in the thesis that the bourgeois form of capitalist state power arose only where capitalist societies developed out of already rationalised structures of the Ancien Régime type.

Item type:

Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.

Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)

Holdings
Item type	Home library	Collection	Call number	Materials specified	Status	Date due	Barcode
Electronic-Books	OPJGU Sonepat- Campus	E-Books EBSCO			Available

Includes bibliographical references (pages 689-789) and index.

Print version record.

The point of departure of Heide Gerstenberger's path-breaking work is a critique of structural-functionalist theory of the state, in both its modernisation theory and materialist variants. Prof. Gerstenberger opposes to these a historical-theoretical explanation that proceeds from the long-term structuring effect of concrete social practice. This is elucidated by detailed investigation of the development of bourgeois state power in the two key examples of England and France. The different complexions that the bourgeois state assumed are presented as the results of processes of social and cultural formation, and thus irreducible to a simple function of capitalism. This approach culminates in the thesis that the bourgeois form of capitalist state power arose only where capitalist societies developed out of already rationalised structures of the Ancien Régime type.

eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - Worldwide

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.