Chapter 2 of The Bourgeois Revaluation
“That is, Karl Polanyi Had it Wrong”
January 20th, 2011
So much about the long history of the bourgeoisie seems settled. Immediately, though, one runs into a gigantic scholarly controversy fueled by politics. It’s that way with all writing about the bourgeoisie since Rousseau and especially since Marx. You can’t mention the very word “bourgeoisie” without raising blood pressures all around.26 You can’t defend innovation (more…)
