New crime literature dispossessed common people of their criminal glory
Evidence
The split was complete; the people was robbed of its old pride in its crimes; the great murders had become the quiet game of the well behaved. — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 124
Categorization
- XREF: The monopolization of spectacular transgression by an elite parallels how panoptic power concentrates the gaze in the few. — connects to: Bourgeoisie aestheticized crime to mask their own practiced illegalities — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 435; Crime fiction’s birth shifted attention from confession and execution to investigation — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 124; Romanticizing crime affirmed greatness rather than praised criminality — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 124 (+4 more)
Related
- Romanticizing crime affirmed greatness rather than praised criminality (similarity 0.89)
- Ambivalence toward criminals marked the popular attitude to illegality (similarity 0.86)
- Crime fiction’s birth shifted attention from confession and execution to investigation (similarity 0.84)
- Organized ordinary masses out-crime professional criminals under totalitarian rule (similarity 0.82)
- Popular illegality formed a continuum running from tolerated evasion to outright crime (similarity 0.81)
- Enclosing delinquency in a supervised group neutralizes broader popular illegality (similarity 0.80)
- Elite circles reframe as fashionable vice what the masses punish as crime. (similarity 0.80)
- Bourgeoisie aestheticized crime to mask their own practiced illegalities (similarity 0.79)
Broader Connections
- Ambivalence toward criminals marked the popular attitude to illegality
#corroborates(0.85) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 139 - Popular illegality formed a continuum running from tolerated evasion to outright crime
#expands(0.80) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 139 - Enclosing delinquency in a supervised group neutralizes broader popular illegality
#complicates(0.75) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 428