WORLD HISTORY

FRENCH REVOLUTION

FRANCE UNDER NAPOLEON

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The bourgeoisie were
A
the “oppressed poor”
B
the thriving middle class
C
the owners of the means of production
D
the strong working class
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In Marxist 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 property and the preservation of capital to ensure the perpetuation of their economic supremacy in society.

Detailed explanation-2: -Marx’s theory of class defines classes in their relation to their ownership and control of the means of production. In a capitalist society, the bourgeoisie, or the capitalist class, is the class that owns the means of production and derives a passive income from their operation.

Detailed explanation-3: -The bourgeoisie own the means of production and the proletariat work the means of production. Unlike the mental means of production, this term places its focus upon economic resources, and is sometimes known as the means of physical production.

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -As Marx describes, the bourgeoisie were the middle class between the poor workers and the enfeebled nobility. However, the bourgeoisie had replaced the power of the nobility and grew to be the wealthiest class through the Industrial Revolution.

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