ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

LITERARY THEORY AND CRITICISM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which Social Class has the Most Power and Money
A
The Aristocracy
B
The Bourgeoisie
C
The Proletariat
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Bourgeoisie. The bourgeoisie or capitalists are the owners of capital, purchasing and exploiting labour power, using the surplus value from employment of this labour power to accumulate or expand their capital.

Detailed explanation-2: -bourgeoisies. This word is used to describe a class of people who fall somewhere between the lowest and highest classes. Bourgeoisie is often used insultingly. In between the very poor and the super rich is the bourgeoisie. People have traditionally viewed the bourgeoisie as kind of crass and pretentious.

Detailed explanation-3: -The term bourgeoisie refers to the social order that is dominated by the so-called middle class. In social and political theory, the notion of the bourgeoisie was largely a construct of Karl Marx and of those influenced by him.

Detailed explanation-4: -Money is the ultimate manifestation of private property, “the object of eminent possession.” Because it can buy everything, it becomes the “omnipotent” being in capitalist society. It mediates all of human life and therefore shapes us fundamentally.

Detailed explanation-5: -The bourgeoisie (/ˌbʊərʒwɑːˈziː/ ( listen) BOORZH-wah-ZEE, French: [buʁʒwazi] ( listen)) is a social class, equivalent to the middle or upper class. They are distinguished from, and traditionally contrasted with, the proletariat by their affluence, and their great cultural and financial capital.

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