The Cadenced Step as the Disciplinary Technique of the Body Cover Image

Pořadový krok jako disciplinační technika těla
The Cadenced Step as the Disciplinary Technique of the Body

Author(s): Petr Wohlmuth
Subject(s): History
Published by: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Nakladatelství Karolinum
Keywords: historical sociology; military history; military revolution; techniques of the body; cadenced step

Summary/Abstract: This text inquires into the problem of cadenced step as the disciplinary technique of the body, according to theories of Marcel Mauss and Michel Foucault. Author explores historical core of military body techniques in social context, developed by Dutch army reformers Counts of Nassau during 1590s and refined by the Prussian military in 1740s. Author interprets cadenced step inside framework of shifting paradigm of power, as Foucault analyses the sequence of three stages of power emerging during european Early modernity.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 125-136
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Czech