Records and rumors: Surveillance and information in late absolutist Denmark (1770–1849)
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Records and rumors : Surveillance and information in late absolutist Denmark (1770–1849). / Skouvig, Laura.
I: Surveillance & Society, Bind 15, Nr. 2, 2017, s. 314-325.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Records and rumors
T2 - Surveillance and information in late absolutist Denmark (1770–1849)
AU - Skouvig, Laura
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - This article investigates a part of the history of surveillance with a particular focus on surveillance strategies in late absolutist Denmark. It argues that for understanding the present perceptions of surveillance strategies surveillance has to be explored in different historical periods and cultures. From the perspective of information history the article understands surveillance as a strategy used by the information state and legitimized by either warfare or welfare. In the historical period of the Napoleonic wars the Danish absolutist government primarily focused on surveillance to control the population and less on surveillance for the benefit of the population.
AB - This article investigates a part of the history of surveillance with a particular focus on surveillance strategies in late absolutist Denmark. It argues that for understanding the present perceptions of surveillance strategies surveillance has to be explored in different historical periods and cultures. From the perspective of information history the article understands surveillance as a strategy used by the information state and legitimized by either warfare or welfare. In the historical period of the Napoleonic wars the Danish absolutist government primarily focused on surveillance to control the population and less on surveillance for the benefit of the population.
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - Surveillance history
KW - Foucault
KW - genealogy
KW - Surveillance history
KW - information history
KW - Absolutism
KW - Denmark 1770-1848
M3 - Journal article
VL - 15
SP - 314
EP - 325
JO - Surveillance & Society
JF - Surveillance & Society
SN - 1477-7487
IS - 2
ER -
ID: 174466922