Bourgeois society admitted Jews as exotic and entertainingly vicious
Evidence
The other inaugurated the theoretical play of an illegality of the privileged; or rather it marked the moment when the political and economic illegalities actually practised by the bourgeoisie were to be duplicated in theoretical and aesthetic representation: the ‘Metaphysics of crime’, a term often associated with Lacenaire. — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 435 (
#exemplifies, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Socially admitted Jews had to stage a mystified, hidden identity they openly bore.; Society tolerated Jews by tolerating crime, not by revising its prejudice; Bourgeoisie aestheticized crime to mask their own practiced illegalities — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 435
Related
- Bourgeoisie aestheticized crime to mask their own practiced illegalities (similarity 0.84)
- Society tolerated Jews by tolerating crime, not by revising its prejudice (similarity 0.84)
- Elite circles reframe as fashionable vice what the masses punish as crime. (similarity 0.80)
- Bourgeois economic growth depended on tolerated popular illegalities (similarity 0.79)
- Bourgeois boredom turned Jewishness from a tolerated difference into a vice (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- Society tolerated Jews by tolerating crime, not by revising its prejudice
#expands(0.85) - Socially admitted Jews had to stage a mystified, hidden identity they openly bore.
#expands(0.80) - Bourgeoisie aestheticized crime to mask their own practiced illegalities
#exemplifies(0.75) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 435