THE bourgeois

What is it?

• The Bourgeois are often known as the middle class.
• This ideal was first thought of by Karl Marx and continued growing from 1818-83

WHY IS IT CALLED THAT?

• The term bourgeois arose in medieval France.
• It then meant someone from a walled town.
• In the 18th century, a middle class of professionals demanded change in government.
• Bourgeois now meant hard workers.

IMPORTANCE

• Marx thought that these people would rise up and revolutionize the government.
• At the time there was a very small middle class, so the idea began to fade.
• It also seeks the benefits of this modernization by exploiting the poor.
• Thus creating tension.