"The enlightened absolutism", Polizeistaat, Catherine II and formation of sanitary epidemiological legislation in the second half of XVIII century

The second half of the 18th century went down in history as the era of "Enlightened absolutism". In Russia, it is associated with the reign of Empress Catherine II (1762-1796). In her political activities, Catherine II was guided by ideas of "regular" "police" state that were edited in accordance with new trends and new intellectual fashion. The monarch was now obliged to take care of "common good" and seek universal "decency" through establishing "lawful government". Besides, in order to achieve this goal, he had to use police as a tool of "beneficial" violence. The application of police measures supposed struggle with dangerous epidemics causing serious damage to population of the state. The article analyzes process of becoming of sanitary epidemiological legislation of Catherine II, placing it in broad context of "enlightened absolutism" policy.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:31

Enthalten in:

Problemy sotsial'noi gigieny, zdravookhraneniia i istorii meditsiny - 31(2023), 6 vom: 24. Nov., Seite 1457-1462

Sprache:

Russisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Penskoy, V V [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

“Enlightened absolutism”
“regular” state
18th century
Catherine II
English Abstract
Epidemics
Journal Article
Police
Russian Empire

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Date Completed 25.12.2023

Date Revised 25.12.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.32687/0869-866X-2023-31-6-1457-1462

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM366330144