Bourgeoisie: Difference between revisions

The '''bourgeoisie''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|b|ʊər|ʒ|w|ɑː|ˈ|z|iː|audio=En-ca-bourgeoisie.oga}} {{respell|BOORZH|wah|ZEE}}, {{IPA-fr|buʁʒwazi|lang|LL-Q150 (fra)-Touam-bourgeoisie.wav}}) is a class of business owners and merchants which emerged in the [[Late Middle Ages]], originally as a "[[middle class]]" between [[peasant]]ry and [[Aristocracy (class)|aristocracy]]. They are traditionally contrasted with the [[proletariat]] by their wealth, political power, and education,<ref>{{cite web |title=bourgeoisie Facts, information, pictures {{!}} Encyclopedia.com articles about bourgeoisie |url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/bourgeoisie.aspx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002081923/http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/bourgeoisie.aspx |archive-date=2 October 2016 |access-date=28 September 2016 |website=encyclopedia.com}}</ref>{{sfn|Siegrist|2001|p=785}} as well as their access to and control of [[Cultural capital|cultural]] and [[financial capital]]. They are sometimes divided into a [[Petite bourgeoisie|petty]] ({{lang|fr|petite}}), middle ({{lang|fr|moyenne}}), large ({{lang|fr|grande}}), upper ({{lang|fr|haute}}), and ancient ({{lang|fr|ancienne}}) bourgeoisie and collectively designated as "the bourgeoisie".

 

 

In [[Communist philosophy]], the bourgeoisie is the social class that came to own the [[means of production]] during modern [[industrialization]] and whose societal concerns are the value of private [[property]] and the preservation of capital to ensure the perpetuation of their economic dominance in society.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.marxists.org/glossary/terms/b/o.htm#bourgeois-society |title=Bourgeois Society |website=[[Marxists Internet Archive]] |access-date=15 November 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991127200949/http://www.marxists.org:80/glossary/terms/b/o.htm |archive-date=27 November 1999}}</ref>