A weak bourgeoisie explains why no revolutionary vanguard party formed in Italy

Evidence

To put it another way: to the extent that these notions of “the bourgeoisie” and “the interests of the bourgeoisie” probably have no content, or at least not in terms of the problems we have just raised, what we have to realize is precisely that there was no such thing as a bourgeoisie that thought that madness should be excluded or that infantile sexuality had to be repressed; but there were mechanisms to — Michel Foucault, Society Must Be Defended, 50 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Italy’s communal bourgeoisie failed to transcend the economic-corporate phase and form a national state; Bourgeois Italian intellectuals fail to apply their talent due to national conditions; Italian bourgeois revolution aims were sacrificed to Piedmontese state ambitions (+1 more)

Related

• Italy’s communal bourgeoisie failed to transcend the economic-corporate phase and form a national state (similarity 0.87)
• The bourgeoisie as a thinking subject with interests is an empty notion (similarity 0.86)
• A failed bourgeois revolution stems from economic weakness and historical timing (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• Bourgeois Italian intellectuals fail to apply their talent due to national conditions #expands (0.85)
• Italian bourgeois revolution aims were sacrificed to Piedmontese state ambitions #complicates (0.80)
• The bourgeoisie as a thinking subject with interests is an empty notion #complicates (0.75) — Michel Foucault, Society Must Be Defended, 50