WORLD HISTORY

RUSSIAN REVOLUTION

MAJOR EVENTS IN PRE REVOLUTION RUSSIA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The bourgeoisie were ____
A
the “oppressed poor”
B
the middle class (called the petit-bourgeoisie)
C
the rich, the owners of the means of production
D
the 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: -In Marxist theory, the bourgeoisie plays a heroic role by revolutionizing industry and modernizing society. However, it also seeks to monopolize the benefits of this modernization by exploiting the propertyless proletariat and thereby creating revolutionary tensions.

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -Does bourgeois mean rich? Most English speakers associate French words with the high-class and fancy. On the contrary, bourgeois refers to a person who is basic, conventional or middle-class.

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