Abstract
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 |
|---|---|
| Tidsskrift | Surveillance & Society |
| Vol/bind | 15 |
| Udgave nummer | 2 |
| Sider (fra-til) | 314-325 |
| Antal sider | 12 |
| ISSN | 1477-7487 |
| Status | Udgivet - 2017 |
Emneord
- Det Humanistiske Fakultet
- Surveillance history
- Foucault
- genealogy