François Furet: Bourgeoisie

François Furet was French historian. Explore interesting quotes on bourgeoisie.

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“The American people were possessed by the capitalist spirit without ever having had a bourgeoisie; French political society, in contrast, created a bourgeoisie devoid of the capitalist spirit.”

François Furet

Source: The Passing of an Illusion, The Idea of Communism in the Twentieth Century (1999), p. 7

“In Fascism, as in Communism, the idea of the future was based on a critique of bourgeois modernity… It rose from a variety of currents and from authors of very different origins, all of whom demonized the bourgeoisie. The doctrine was cast as post-Marxist, not as pre-liberal.”

François Furet

Source: The Passing of an Illusion, The Idea of Communism in the Twentieth Century (1999), p. 175

“The bourgeoisie is a synonym for modern society. The word designates the class that gradually destroyed, by its free activity, the old aristocratic society founded on a hierarchy of birth.”

François Furet

Source: The Passing of an Illusion, The Idea of Communism in the Twentieth Century (1999), p. 4