petite bourgeoisie
(en)
(noun) the lower middle class including especially small shopkeepers and artisans
the new petty bourgeoisie that is the very carrier of the neocapitalist and neoliberal lifestyle of ‘hard work and hard play’, of careerism-cum-consumerism, which, as will be discussed infra, may indeed be considered the indispensable cultural foundation of contemporary capitalism’s society
notable
9 years ago