Chapter 7 of the Bourgeois Revaluation:
And the Dutch Bourgeoisie Was Virtuous
March 4th, 2010
Yes, but was it just a show? Surely the Dutch of the Golden Age didn’t actually carry out their painted and poemed project of the virtues? Surely the bourgeoisie then as now were mere hypocrites, the comically middle class figures in a Molière play; or, worse, of a late-Dickens novel; or, still worse, of an (more…)
