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'''Bourgeoisie''' is a term used in classical [[Marxism]] for the [[social class]] that controls the means of production. In opposition to the [[proletariat]] class, who earn [[income]] from the sale of their [[labor]], the bourgeoisie class generates income through the processes of [[capital]].
'''Bourgeoisie''' is a term used in classical [[Marxism]] for the [[social class]] that controls the means of production. In opposition to the [[proletariat]] class, who earn [[income]] from the sale of their [[labor]], the bourgeoisie class generates income through the processes of [[capital]]. It is essentially a [[mercantilist]] class.
In its wider sense it means those of the [[middle class]], originally neither [[aristocrat]]ic nor [[peasant]] and was the French equivalent of [[Burgess]] ([[English]]) or Burgher ([[German]]). All were citizens or freemen of the [[medieval]] ''burgh'' or town from whence we get the modern "Borough".
In its wider sense it means those of the [[middle class]], originally neither [[aristocrat]]ic nor [[peasant]] and was the French equivalent of [[Burgess]] ([[English]]) or Burgher ([[German]]). All were citizens or freemen of the [[medieval]] ''burgh'' or town from whence we get the modern "Borough".
Austrian economist [[Joseph Schumpeter]] said, "without protection by some non-bourgeois group, the bourgeoisie is [[political]]ly helpless and unable not only to lead its [[nation]] but even to take care of its particular class interests. Which amounts to saying that it needs a master." (p. 138)
==See also==
==See also==