grrrrrr.......... If Stuart thinks La Pastie means apathy, who cares? Anyway, Matthew is right : the word does not exist in french!!! (once again) And the meaning of "bourgeoisie" (this is the right spelling, Matthew!) depends on the period you're talking about : la bourgeoisie during the french revolution is different from the bourgeoisie in Marx's Capital, which is different from our bourgeoisie. In my opinion, B&S don't refer to the XIXth century, do they??? Just have a look at the Harrap's dictionnary (simpler to read than Marx...) : " bourgeoisie n.f. coll. 2. the middle class(es)" That's all Walter -- " Get me away from here, I'm dying..." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net -----------------------------------------------------------------------