Stát jako výsledek kulturního procesu: vyústění diskuze o absolutismu v evropské historiografii

• Authors: Jiří Hrbek

Title variants

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The state as a result of a cultural process: the outcome of discussion on absolutism in European historiography

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

The study builds on the author’s earlier research, in which he reflected on professional discussions about the term “absolutism” in European historiography of the 20th century. It tries to capture the broader context of the political history of the early modern period, especially the creation of the state as (to this day) the dominant political discourse and the basic communication structure of society. In his study, the author presents a summary of different approaches to the problem of the emergence of the state, especially the sociological and the culturally anthropological approaches. At the same time, he touches on areas that, thanks to these views to the political history of the early modern period, have undergone significant methodological changes in recent decades, such as the history of administration, the history of diplomacy or the history (emergence) of the public. An integral part of the treatise is also a critical reflection of terms that historians, sociologists, and cultural anthropologists use to describe the development of the state in the 16th to 18th centuries, such as bureaucratisation, the fiscal-military state, the mediality of power or competition of norms.

Keywords

EN

the state; political culture; political anthropology; historiographical discussions; history of ideas; history of administration; the public in the early modern period

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Institute of History, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Český časopis historický (The Czech Historical Review)
• Year: 2024
• Volume: 122
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 251-296
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Jiří Hrbek

• Historický ústav AV ČR, v. v. i., Prosecká 809/76, 190 00 Praha 9, Czech Republic

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Sean Miller

• Historický ústav AV ČR, v. v. i., Prosecká 809/76, 190 00 Praha 9, Czech Republic