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bourgeoisie

Also known as townspeople, upper middle class

thumb|La sortie du bourgeois, painted by Jean Béraud (1889) The bourgeoisie are a class of business owners, merchants and wealthy people, in general, which emerged in the Late Middle Ages, originally as a "middle class" between the peasantry and aristocracy. They are traditionally contrasted with the proletariat by their wealth, political power, and education, as well as their access to and control of cultural, social, and financial capital.

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The bourgeoisie are a class of business owners, merchants, and wealthy people who emerged in the Late Middle Ages as a "middle class" between peasants and aristocrats. They matter historically because they accumulated significant wealth, political power, and control over cultural, social, and financial resources, distinguishing them from the working class (proletariat) through their economic and social advantages.

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Vinony's link graph records 3,740 inbound references to bourgeoisie, and connects out to social class, communism and sociology.

It is catalogued under topics including Bourgeoisie, Estates (social groups) and Marxist terminology.

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Instance of: social class
Image: Le bourgeois gentilhomme.jpg
Said to be same as: middle class

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Commons category: Bourgeoisie
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Encyclopedic overview

23 sections

Contents

Etymology
History
Origins and rise
From progress to reaction (Marxist view)
Denotations
Marxist theory
France and Francophone countries
''Petite bourgeoisie''
Nazism
Fascist Italy
Bourgeois culture
Cultural hegemony
Conspicuous consumption
Satire and criticism in art
Theater
Literature
Films
See also
Notes
References
Works cited
Further reading
External links

The bourgeoisie in its original sense is intimately linked to the political ideology of liberalism and its existence within cities, recognised as such by their urban charters (e.g., municipal charters, town privileges, German town law), so there was no bourgeoisie apart from the citizenry of the cities. Rural peasants came under a different legal system.

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