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bourgeoisieThe social class above the workers and peasants, and below the nobility; the middle class. ‘Bourgeoisie’ (and bourgeois) has also acquired a contemptuous sense, implying commonplace, philistine respectability. By socialists it is applied to the whole propertied class, as distinct from the proletariat. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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173) Specialists are aware that members of the nobility and bourgeosie usually made most of their wealth from landholdings, not offices. One of Karl Marx's most penetrating insights is pertinent here: "The bourgeosie, by the rapid improvement of all instruments of production, by the immensely facilitated means of communication, draws all, even the most backward, nations into civilization. |
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