In sociology and in political science, the noun bourgeoisie (Fr.: [ˈbuʁʒwazi] | Eng.: /bʊərʒwɑːˈziː/) and the adjective bourgeois are terms that describe an historical range of socio-economic classes. As such, in the Western world, since the late 18th century, the bourgeoisie describes a social class “characterized by their ownership of capital, and their related culture”; hence, the personal terms bourgeois (masculine) and bourgeoise (feminine) culturally identify the man or woman who is a member of the wealthiest social class in capitalist societies.
In contemporary academic theories, the term bourgeoisie usually refers to the ruling class in capitalist societies. In Marxist theory, the abiding characteristics of this class are their ownership of the means of production.
The Modern French word bourgeois derived from the Old French burgeis (walled city), which derived from bourg (market town), from the Old Frankish burg (town); in other European languages, the etymologic derivations are the Middle English burgeis, the Middle Dutch burgher, the German Bürger (burgess), and the Polish burżuazja, which occasionally is synonymous with “the intelligentsia”. In English, “bourgeoisie” (a French citizen-class) identified a social class oriented to economic materialism and hedonism, and to upholding the extreme political and economic interests of the capitalist class ruling class. In the 18th century, before the French Revolution (1789–99), in the French feudal order, the masculine and feminine terms bourgeois and bourgeoise identified the rich men and women who were members of the urban and rural Third Estate — the common people of the French realm, who violently deposed the absolute monarchy of the Bourbon King Louis XVI (r. 1774–91), his clergy, and his aristocrats. Hence, since the 19th century, the term “bourgeoisie” usually is politically and sociologically synonymous with the ruling upper class of a capitalist society.
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In a stylistic mash-up of the French New Wave and Italian Neorealist films, the story follows the ups and downs of Giovanni's life. Along the way he finds love, tragedy, family, loss, soothsayers, blanket vendors, Frenchmen, and a new outlook on life.
Keywords: absurd-comedy, baby-death, bank-robbery, bike-on-fire, blanket-vendor, bourgeoisie, dead-baby, fortune-teller, french-new-wave, italian-neorealism
Let the journey begin.
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Plot
In a stylistic mash-up of the French New Wave and Italian Neorealist films, the story follows the ups and downs of Giovanni's life. Along the way he finds love, tragedy, family, loss, soothsayers, blanket vendors, Frenchmen, and a new outlook on life.
Keywords: absurd-comedy, baby-death, bank-robbery, bike-on-fire, blanket-vendor, bourgeoisie, dead-baby, fortune-teller, french-new-wave, italian-neorealism
Let the journey begin.
Get ready for the greatest journey ever.
Plot
In a stylistic mash-up of the French New Wave and Italian Neorealist films, the story follows the ups and downs of Giovanni's life. Along the way he finds love, tragedy, family, loss, soothsayers, blanket vendors, Frenchmen, and a new outlook on life.
Keywords: absurd-comedy, baby-death, bank-robbery, bike-on-fire, blanket-vendor, bourgeoisie, dead-baby, fortune-teller, french-new-wave, italian-neorealism
Let the journey begin.
Get ready for the greatest journey ever.
Plot
In a stylistic mash-up of the French New Wave and Italian Neorealist films, the story follows the ups and downs of Giovanni's life. Along the way he finds love, tragedy, family, loss, soothsayers, blanket vendors, Frenchmen, and a new outlook on life.
Keywords: absurd-comedy, baby-death, bank-robbery, bike-on-fire, blanket-vendor, bourgeoisie, dead-baby, fortune-teller, french-new-wave, italian-neorealism
Let the journey begin.
Get ready for the greatest journey ever.
Plot
In a stylistic mash-up of the French New Wave and Italian Neorealist films, the story follows the ups and downs of Giovanni's life. Along the way he finds love, tragedy, family, loss, soothsayers, blanket vendors, Frenchmen, and a new outlook on life.
Keywords: absurd-comedy, baby-death, bank-robbery, bike-on-fire, blanket-vendor, bourgeoisie, dead-baby, fortune-teller, french-new-wave, italian-neorealism
Let the journey begin.
Get ready for the greatest journey ever.
I guess I'm just another victim of the silicon age
Don't wanna be a peasant working just for minimum wage
Let me join the rank & file of the bourgeoisie
With Ronald Reagan, Barbara Wyatt, and the KKK
Don't wanna see my mother living through the separation
I can hear the masses sing "viva la revolution"
I never asked to be born proletariat class
I'm gonna kill for the power of the bourgeois brass
Empower me,
I wanna be
bourgeoisie
I want a big suburban home with a wrought-iron fence
Don't need a pool I'll just swim in my own arrogance
I'm just a product of the street, yet above everyone
I'm the badest motherfucker livin' under the sun
Empower me,
Authority,
bourgeoisie
I'm the corruption of the cops spraying people with mace
And I'm the congress woman spitting in the immigrant's face
The lamb of god forcing all the little children to pray