Society tolerated Jews by tolerating crime, not by revising its prejudice

Evidence

Roughly speaking, one might say that, under the Ancien Régime each of the different social strata had its margin of tolerated illegality: the non-application of the rule, the non-observance of the innumerable edicts or ordinances were a condition of the political and economic functioning of society. This feature may not have been peculiar to the Ancien Régime. But illegality was so deeply rooted and so necessary to the life of each social stratum, that it had in a sense its own coherence and economy. — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 138 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Bourgeois society admitted Jews as exotic and entertainingly vicious; Tolerated illegality was a structural condition of Ancien Régime society — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 138

Related

• Tolerated illegality was a structural condition of Ancien Régime society (similarity 0.87)
• Bourgeois society admitted Jews as exotic and entertainingly vicious (similarity 0.84)
• Popular illegality formed a continuum running from tolerated evasion to outright crime (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Tolerated illegality was a structural condition of Ancien Régime society #corroborates (0.90) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 138