On Fri, 15 Dec 1995 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Louis N Proyect wrote:
>
> > Louis: I regard university professors as a petty-bourgeois layer that is
> > coming under the assault from the ruling-class.
> "Petty bourgeois", like "fascism", is a word that is often used
> imprecisely by "Marxists" who should know better -- Like Louis. The petit
> bourgeois, in Marx's sense, represents a social layer and class in
> between the capitalist class and the working class and includes small
> shopkeepers and farmers. The distinguishing characteristic of the
> petty-bourgeois, such as a farmer, is that these individuals own their
> own means of production and do not therefore have to alienate their labor
> to capitalists in exchange for a wage.
Perhaps it's more accurate to say that many/most professors (and
like `professionals') have a petit-bourgeois *sensibility* or *outlook*,
while technically being part of the workingclass. False consciousness and
all that...
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