Liberalism Powerpoint

These flashcards cover key vocabulary terms related to the lecture on the politics of the dual revolution, focusing on liberalism and its implications during the Industrial Revolution and subsequent events.

Industrial Working Class / Proletariat

A new class in human history created by the Industrial Revolution, characterized by owning nothing except for their labor.

Bourgeois

The capitalist class that owns the means of production and produces for profit.

Petite-Bourgeois

The middle class engaged in intellectual and economic professions, increasingly aware of their social role and status.

Liberalism

An ideology from the Enlightenment and Industrial Revolution that posits humans are inherently rational and will do what is best if given unlimited freedom.

Civil Liberties

Rights such as freedom of speech and religion that liberals argued must be protected by limiting state power.

Economic Revolution

A necessary change that liberals did not provide for the working class, leading to calls for socialist reforms.

National Workshops

A form of economic support for the unemployed established during the 1848 revolution in France, which was ultimately shut down by the liberal government.

June Days Uprising

A revolt in Paris in June 1848 as a response to the closure of the National Workshops, reflecting the discontent of the working class.

Social Darwinism

An ideology that emerged as liberalism shifted from challenging the old regime to defending the new economic order after the revolutions of 1848.

Unrestrained Economy

A key principle of liberalism advocating for the inviolability of private property and minimal state intervention in the market.