Bourgeoisie Research Papers Samples For Students

Georg Lukacs and Sandra Harding on Standpoint Epistemology

Introduction
In general, standpoint epistemology (SE) aims to represent the world from a particular socially situated perspective or standpoint (Lammey, 2013). For both Lukacs and Harding, the standpoint taken is that of the marginalized: the proletariat and the women, respectively. It is believed that the lives of the marginalized can actually lay a claim to epistemic privilege and the production of knowledge precisely because of their unique sets of experiences in comparison with dominant classes or sex which fails to ‘critically and systematically interrogate their advanced social situation and the effect of such advantages on their beliefs’ (Harding, 1993) leaving ...

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African leaders have failed the very people who put them into power. Over the past years, cases of betrayal by the petty bourgeoisies have been rampant across Africa. What this paper seeks to find is the people to blame for the miseries of Africans. The researcher aims to discuss in details the place of the African petty bourgeoisies using available literature into the topic. This paper also offers a conclusion into the topic with a possible solution to the end of the ill practice.

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It has widely been said that African leaders have failed so much in their leadership ...

The world is running on its power to produce goods that facilitate the lives and existence of the humans across the world society. The society has come a long way after the industrial revolution that took the world by a storm. The entire foundation of the society is based on the labor relations and the intertwined relationship between the labors and the bourgeoisie. While the bourgeoisie invests huge amounts to run factories, industries and production houses, the labors are the most important part of the production structure who toil hard day in and day out for the sake of production. As ...

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The 5-portioned documentary called Sweatshop: Deadly Fashion presented pressing and critical issues concerning society and humanity. This specific series focused on struggling citizens in Cambodia, but represents other countries where majority of the citizens suffer in poverty, prejudice and terrible governance – especially third world countries for that matter.
In a span of days, this project managed to drastically change the perception of three magnificently well-off teenagers who lived life easily in their hometown-comfort-zone Norway.
Miles away from home, these three wealthy Norwegian citizens named Frida, Ludvig and Anniken took time to be in an immersion and see how life ...

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The concept of European integration was created in the post-Second World War period. The initial objective was to encourage countries to unite by building stronger economic and industrial cooperation. Originally, the European Union (EU) was created as a common market, but it eventually evolved into a political alliance. The origin of the EU has been marked by two key components, namely, the formation of a common market devoid of internal boundaries between the cooperating member states and political alliance. The birth of European integration roughly five decades ago was centered on the formation of a common market. The formation ...

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Democratic Kampuchea was one of the most violent regimes to ever rule. During the course of their rule, they were responsible for the death of more than two million individuals; as a proportion of the nation’s size, this is an incredibly large number. The deaths were the result of a nearly fundamentalist adherence to the philosophies espoused in The Communist Manifesto, and were incredibly damaging to the nation in both the long term and the short term.
The years following the second world war were a tumultuous time for the world as a whole. The world knew that to have another ...

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Communism has been a sworn enemy to many fascist regimes, especially Hitler's, Mussolini's and Franco's despite many arguing that they are somewhat related to each other. From the word "communisme", communism advocates for equal class structure and control over the problem of poverty. Meanwhile, fascism came from the word "fascio" and advocates the creation of a nation that runs similar to a corporate setup. However, their belief regarding the state eliminates all form of similarity: communism denies the state while fascism bows to the state as its supreme entity. There is also the case of their political spectrum as fascism incorporates both ...

Karl Marx is known for his presentation of the concept of Communism which has been an important part of political organization in Europe and around the world. Marx is known for writing the Communist Manifesto alongside Friedrich Engels which has been quoted extensively for an alternative form of governance based on socialism. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the biography and political thought of Karl Marx as a philosopher who influenced western thought in a significant way. This will lead to the critique of the Communist Manifesto and how it influenced modern political thought. This paper builds ...

THE ENLIGHTENMENT AND THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

The French Revolution was known for its blood-lined streets, rioting peasants, and terrifying regime changes. However, all death and destruction aside, the protesters of this time were heavily influenced by the thinkers that had come before them and brought new ideas to light. While the results were bloody, the intentions were lodged in modern thought. The Enlightenment was a time that influenced many historical movements in the future and had a significant impact on the political structure of France before and after the revolution. The driving force behind this movement was the writings of the philosophes and their contributions ...

The relationship between rich and poor, and the examination of class issues, in literature and art is always a fascinating proposition. Many works, through their structuring, messaging plot and characters, can be read through a Marxist lens – namely, the literary perspective which aligns with the philosophies and teachings of socialist writer and thinker Karl Marx. In Marxist criticism, works are viewed as lenses through which to view the sociopolitical worlds in which they were created (or are being viewed) (Eagleton, 1976). Art is political, particularly in a Marxist lens, and the works The Kite Runner and King Lear are no exception. Both ...

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One of the definitions of terrorism is use of unexpected, unlawful, and shocking violence against noncombatants or any other targets by members of a secret group or agents for the purpose of making public a political or religious agenda and /or coercing or intimidating a government or civil group into giving in to the demands that are inline with their agenda (Hudson, Mageska, Savada and Metz 1999).
The theoretical literature on the study of terrorism has not received the full attention of sociologist. However, in three decades, the subject is increasingly gaining attention following increased acts of terrorism across the world.
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Karl Marx came up with the Communist Manifesto for the Communist Party in the year 1848 together with Friedrich Engels. This manifesto was written for the Communist league that had been founded a year earlier and it was this Communist League that authorized its publication in the year 1848. Before the formation of the Communist League, Karl Marx together with Engels among others had founded the Communist Correspondence Committee (CCC). The main aims of CCC were to foster a relationship between European Communist States keeping them in touch with each other’s activities. Their other functions also involved contacting prominent socialist ...

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Reformation was a powerful religious movement aimed at reforming the teaching and the organization of the Christian Church, which originated in Germany in the beginning of the XVI century. It spread rapidly across Europe and led to the separation of Roman Catholic Church and the formation of a new form of Christianity - Protestantism. Reformation movement was of great importance for the history of Europe, and for the history of the world as a whole. In the Middle Ages, the whole society was strictly subordinated to the Church, which had a strong influence on the social structure of European countries. The social structure of ...

The prostitution legality in Europe differs from one country to another. A number of nations criminalize the act of getting involved in sexual practice for money as others permit prostitution itself although not the majority types of procuring, for instance, facilitating another person’s prostitution, running brothels, acquiring financial benefit from another person’s prostitution or even accosting. Prostitution is legitimate and regulated in eight nations in Europe including Netherlands, Austria, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Switzerland, Turkey as well as Latvia. The extent of social control of the laws of anti-prostitution also differs from one nation to another, one region ...

Response: Private Property and Free Enterprise: Good or Bad?

According to the prompt, "Private property and free enterprise is a source of enmity, conflict and inequality, and it is therefore incompatible with a free, equal and healthy democracy." This is an interesting question; the implication within the sentence is that there is a fundamental incompatibility with free enterprise and an effective democracy. In order to address whether or not this statement is correct, it is necessary to consult some of the great voices in economic thought; through the perspectives of Marx, Rawls, Mill and Hobbes, the importance of capitalism to a just and equitable democracy will be explored. While people like Hobbes ...

The Arab Springs and Karl Marx’s Theory of Capitalism

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Sociology resonates around analysis and observation of social relations. It goes further than that and explains occurrences in life and their remedies. In the field of sociology, Karl Marx occupies an important niche for his appreciated contribution in terms of analysing, explaining and predicting societal events and outcomes. One would remember that Karl Marx opposed the concept of capitalism and predicted that it would crumble down to socialism before finally settling on communism. Indeed, it is also historically recorded that Karl Marx was the face and father of communism. His original theory has been adjusted by contemporary ...

Globally, people make assumptions, judgments, and decisions about one another or things around them based on responses they receive from others. These assumptions are according to nonverbal communications that people use within their own cultures and how they deal with others. Often, these nonverbal reactions affect the way people communicate with and among each other, which makes understanding these nonverbal cues crucial when developing and maintaining relationships with other people. Do people expect other cultures to adapt to their own culture or are they willing to adopt another person’s culture? Are people expected to compromise or are they ...

The French Revolution was one of the most important moments in world history. The French Revolution symbolized that the ideologies and methods of the Enlightenment were no longer only the work of philosophes, academics and of the salons of Paris. The French Revolution was the moment when all of this theoretical knowledge regarding the way societies and governments should be organized left the pages and entered the streets, the cafes and the political clubs.  The French Revolution was the result of a crisis in France’s ancien regime and its assertion of the division of the state, the polity, ...

Industrial Revolution

Thesis: Industrial revolution has shaped the world history by causing a changeover in technologic, political and social effects.
Initial accumulation of capital and the formation of manufacturing industry represented the initial stage of the development of capitalist relations. This was the period during which the preconditions for the transition to an industrial economy were prepared. The condition of this transition was the industrial revolution, during which there was a radical restructuring of the technical base of production, forms of organization of production and the whole system of socio-economic relations.
The industrial revolution is a fundamental qualitative restructuring of the material ...

1. The primary source: The Declaration of Independence: A View from Russia

Type: Journal of American History

Nikolai N. Bolkhovitinov from is the Chair of the Center for North American Studies of the Institute of World History in Moscow Russia. Additionally, Nikolai is an academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Nikolai has spent most of his life in the Soviet regime while he attempts to retain independence in his outlook while Marxism influence has more liberal and creative implication in comparison to Western democracy. The author studies history using a bottom top approach since he pays most of his attention to the poor African ...

The Renaissance produced a wide range of influential artists, many of whom are lauded as the most talented artists of all time. However, the long-lasting influence of the Renaissance lies in the successors of the most famous Renaissance artists, such as Bernini. Bernini came into his own during the ending years of the Renaissance, and his new sculptural and architectural techniques helped to usher in the Baroque era of art and architecture. Bernini was an Italian, and was fortunate enough to be born into an era in which his skill as an artist and architect was both encouraged and supported ...

Thomas Ertman identified four types of territorial states in early modern Europe, all of which faced significant strains, challenges from below and demands for change that finally culminated in the French Revolution of 1789. Even Britain, which had already experienced two revolutions in the 17th Century that overthrow the absolutist monarchy and established the principle of parliamentary supremacy, underwent significant strains and conflicts at that time, with demands for greater democracy in political and economic life. Britain’s bureaucratic constitutionalism, which had replaced the absolute Tudor and Stuart monarchies, managed to weather the storm more or less intact (Ertman ...

Month, Day, Year

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During the Cold War, the United States (US) and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) both used soft power against one another in order to elicit domination across different states. Central to those soft power struggles is the emergence of new states out of their former colonial masters. Both powers sought to capture the support of the new states by influencing them their political systems and ideologies. In return, said bipolar setup enabled divisiveness in political thought across the world. Alignment towards either the Capitalist (US/Western) Bloc or the Soviet (USSR/Eastern) Bloc thus resulted from the divergence, ...

The Germans founded the Weimar Republic towards the close of World War I; the Social Democratic Party played the leading role in the creation. The period between 1918 and 1923 in the history of Weimar Republic, was a phase of economical and political and instability (Merriman & Winter, pp. 553-556). Similarly it is during this period that Adolf Hitler operated, as Lehman and Phelps, describes “Adolf Hitler ruled Germany as a dictator from 1933 to 1945. Hitler's National Socialist (Nazi) German Workers' party was based on the idea of German racial supremacy and a virulent anti-Semitism” (pp. 263-264). This paper will analyze the ...