2023-10-21 19:57:39
Published on October 21, 2023 at 9:57 p.m. Modified on October 21, 2023 at 9:59 p.m.
With The Taste of Crime, the philosophers Mathias and Emmanuel Roux question major criminal cases and the fascination they produce through the discourses produced by the police investigation, the procedure, but also its media treatment. As the historian Dominique Kalifa had already analyzed, the history and representation of a criminal event go beyond the act. There is writing, staging on several levels. More than the crime itself, what fascinates are the ways of telling it, of making it intelligible.
When Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès disappears following murdering his wife and children, he creates a case that goes beyond the tragic news item. His crime is established in the media and in history. In addition to the horror of the facts, it leaves many questions unanswered, maintaining its interest and visibility. Questions pile up, whether regarding the trigger for the act, the orchestrated violence, the personalities at play, the motive, all of this participating in a larger, global, unresolved mystery. The whole constitutes an exemplary and emblematic reference for the reflection of the two Roux brothers.
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