HIST 1003 Chapter : Masses And Classes
Document Summary
Lower middle class, petite bourgeois: includes more traditional: peasants/artisans. Like liberalism and conservatism- socialism is an ideology responded to the new ideas of the french revolution and the economic and social structures from the industrial revolution. Socialist, like conservatives, were horrified by liberal faith in free competition and self-interest. Socialist unlike conservatives, did not want to preserve anything (like hierarchy) they wanted something new. Marx: lawyer and his dad- factor owner. From rhineland, germany, where industrialization happened quick. Exiled into england: became ideal men of socialism. New social theory: to explain the present. Past: study of history shows every society rests on the economic relationships. Identified boss as enemy and marx agreed saying they would win and boss loses: socialism established itself in european politics by urban industrial working class, class trumps ethnicity. Middle/ aristocratic elite expanded benefits to workers.
