Romanticizing crime affirmed greatness rather than praised criminality
Evidence
In appearance, it is the discovery of the beauty and greatness of crime; in fact, it is the affirmation that greatness too has a right to crime and that it even becomes the exclusive privilege of those who are really great. The great murders are not for the pedlars of petty crime. — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 124
Categorization
- XREF: Inverts the obvious reading of the romantic outlaw genre; parallels how regimes of discipline appropriate transgression as their own privilege. — connects to: Ambivalence toward criminals marked the popular attitude to illegality — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 139; New crime literature dispossessed common people of their criminal glory — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 124; Bourgeoisie aestheticized crime to mask their own practiced illegalities — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 435
Related
- New crime literature dispossessed common people of their criminal glory (similarity 0.89)
- Ambivalence toward criminals marked the popular attitude to illegality (similarity 0.84)
- Bourgeoisie aestheticized crime to mask their own practiced illegalities (similarity 0.80)
- Crime fiction’s birth shifted attention from confession and execution to investigation (similarity 0.79)
Broader Connections
- Ambivalence toward criminals marked the popular attitude to illegality
#expands(0.85) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 139 - Bourgeoisie aestheticized crime to mask their own practiced illegalities
#contradicts(0.80) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 435 - New crime literature dispossessed common people of their criminal glory
#complicates(0.75) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 124