Rising wealth raises tolerance for violence but intolerance for property crime
Evidence
Following a circular process, the threshold of the passage to violent crimes rises, intolerance to economic offences increases, controls become more thorough, penal interventions at once more premature and more numerous. — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 131
Categorization
- XREF: This circular process is the mechanism by which the panopticon becomes preferable to the spectacle of punishment — connects directly to Foucault’s later account in this same book. — connects to: Bourgeois economic growth depended on tolerated popular illegalities — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 140; Popular illegality formed a continuum running from tolerated evasion to outright crime — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 139; Industrial wealth’s physical form drove demands for stricter theft laws — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 142 (+1 more)
Related
- Bourgeois economic growth depended on tolerated popular illegalities (similarity 0.84)
- Industrial wealth’s physical form drove demands for stricter theft laws (similarity 0.83)
- Popular illegality formed a continuum running from tolerated evasion to outright crime (similarity 0.81)
- Capitalism recast tolerated popular customs as criminal property theft (similarity 0.81)
- Eighteenth-century popular illegality shifted from attacking rights to attacking property (similarity 0.81)
- Tolerated illegality was a structural condition of Ancien RĂ©gime society (similarity 0.80)
Broader Connections
- Industrial wealth’s physical form drove demands for stricter theft laws
#exemplifies(0.85) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 142 - Capitalism recast tolerated popular customs as criminal property theft
#expands(0.80) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 143 - Bourgeois economic growth depended on tolerated popular illegalities
#expands(0.75) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 140 - Popular illegality formed a continuum running from tolerated evasion to outright crime
#expands(0.75) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 139