Bourgeoisie aestheticized crime to mask their own practiced illegalities
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
Categorization
- XREF: Parallels the surveillance thesis: the powerful both monitor and conceal their own illicit practices behind spectacle. — connects to: Bourgeois economic growth depended on tolerated popular illegalities — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 140; The bourgeoisie expropriated popular culture to legitimize its rule; New crime literature dispossessed common people of their criminal glory — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 124 (+11 more)
Related
- Elite circles reframe as fashionable vice what the masses punish as crime. (similarity 0.88)
- Bourgeois economic growth depended on tolerated popular illegalities (similarity 0.85)
- Bourgeois society admitted Jews as exotic and entertainingly vicious (similarity 0.84)
- The law prosecuted lower-class crime while sparing refined upper-class spoliation (similarity 0.81)
- Romanticizing crime affirmed greatness rather than praised criminality (similarity 0.80)
- New crime literature dispossessed common people of their criminal glory (similarity 0.79)
- Poorer classes would revolt to defend their tolerated illegalities (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- Bourgeois economic growth depended on tolerated popular illegalities
#corroborates(0.80) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 140 - The bourgeoisie expropriated popular culture to legitimize its rule
#expands(0.75) - New crime literature dispossessed common people of their criminal glory
#expands(0.75) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 124 - The law prosecuted lower-class crime while sparing refined upper-class spoliation
#corroborates(0.70) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 572 - Residents’ proprietary attitudes toward public places can deter crime there
#responds-to(0.70)