Draft:Bonapartism (Marxist concept)
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Karl Marx developed the term Bonapartism to explain and describe the character of the regimes that existed under Napoleon I and Napoleon III. The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte, written by Marx in 1852, outlines that the phenomena of Bonapartism emerges after an often prolonged period of intense class struggle and both classes have become exhausted..[1] It is sometimes referred to as 'bourgeois Bonapartism'.
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- Comment: This topic is undoubtedly notable but the sources given—original texts of Marxism—do not show this. Reliable sources such as academic journals or magazines are needed to combine these sources without synthesis. A simpler approach would be to expand Bonapartism#Marxism, and if this section becomes too large to be contained in that article then a split can occur. — Bilorv (talk) 18:48, 2 April 2023 (UTC)
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Marxist theory posits that the state historically arises as a tool for class oppression[2]. In periods of economic stability, the state is used by the ruling class to dominate the oppressed class. During periods of economic crisis, in the case that neither the ruling class nor the working class are capable of taking full control of the state and striking a decisive blow against the other, out of necessity to conquer the impasse an individual will rise to the head of the state.
Using the method of dialectical materialism Marx was able to observe the underlying laws in operation in France and draw out generalisations of what constitutes a Bonapartist regime[3].
For Marxists, Bonapartism is an elastic term but is often used to illustrate the balance of class forces. The emergence of individuals in history who seemingly rise above class society is explained by the Marxist theory of the role of the individual in history.[4]
Bonapartism is resorted to in order to maintain the rule of the bourgeoisie after other options are no longer available to avoid a collapse of capitalism or socialist revolution[5]