dictatorship of the bourgeoisie
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English
Alternative forms
- DOTB, DotB (initialism)
Etymology
Calque of German Diktatur der Bourgeoisie, which is attested earliest in Karl Marx's series The Class Struggles in France, 1848–1850 .[1][2]
Noun
dictatorship of the bourgeoisie (countable and uncountable, plural dictatorships of the bourgeoisie)
- (Marxism) A socio-political power, as opposed to the dictatorship of the proletariat, wherein the bourgeoisie collectively holds the most influence over politics and the masses.
- Antonym: dictatorship of the proletariat
- 1978 [1850], Marx, Karl, “The Class Struggles in France, 1848 to 1850”, in Marx/Engels Collected Works, volume 10, translation of original in German, published 2010, page 76:
- But Cavaignac was not the dictatorship of the sabre over bourgeois society; he was the dictatorship of the bourgeoisie by the sabre.
- 1917, Lenin, V. I., “The State and Revolution”, in Lenin Collected Works, volume 25, Moscow: Progress Publishers, translation of original in Russian, published 1964, 1974, 2011, page 418 of 381 - 492:
- Bourgeois states are most varied in form, but their essence is the same: all these states, whatever their form, in the final analysis are inevitably the dictatorship of the bourgeoisie. The transition from capitalism to communism is certainly bound to yield a tremendous abundance and variety of political forms, but the essence will inevitably be the same: the dictatorship of the proletariat.
Translations
a socio-political power
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See also
References
- ^ Marx, Karl (1960) [1850] “Die Klassenkämpfe in Frankreich 1848-1850”, in Karl Marx - Friedrich Engels - Werke, volume 7, page 40
- ^ Marx, Karl (1978) [1850] “The Class Struggles in France, 1848 to 1850”, in Marx/Engels Collected Works, volume 10, published 2010, page 76