The journey towards a disciplined society was the introduction of civility to the masses; wide-scale discipline and programs to educate into (or safeguard against threats to a civilised society. Statecraft and religious reform become entangled in the movement, and perhaps this has a part to play in how tearing down "the establishment" led in centuries to come to tearing down "religion".
In this episode we explore
-the three avenues these reforms took: i) excellence and refinement, ii) ordered governance, iii) domestic peace
-five programs that are indicative of how these avenues were actualised: i) poor laws, ii) popular culture crackdown, iii) shaping for improvement, iv) government structures, v) modes of discipline
Kat closes us off with an Ignatian examen, a fruit of this period of history.
References:
Pages of A Secular Age, Charles Taylor: (99-112)
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/contemplatingculture
