Bonapartism - Revision history

PuzzledFox99: Admittedly, when this article was in its draft form, I based this list off a YouTube video. But now I'm cutting some of the more dubious examples like the ROC and Singapore, the former I had a Trotskyist source for, the latter I had no source for. If the Russian Federation isn't an example, that can be cut too since my only source for it is OneDime, but I am genuinely not sure if Putin is a Bonapartist upon further reflection.

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Admittedly, when this article was in its draft form, I based this list off a YouTube video. But now I'm cutting some of the more dubious examples like the ROC and Singapore, the former I had a Trotskyist source for, the latter I had no source for. If the Russian Federation isn't an example, that can be cut too since my only source for it is OneDime, but I am genuinely not sure if Putin is a Bonapartist upon further reflection.

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	* The [[Second French Empire (1852 – 1870)\|Second French Empire]] under [[Napoleon III]]		* The [[Second French Empire (1852 – 1870)\|Second French Empire]] under [[Napoleon III]]
	* The [[German Empire (1871–1918)\|German Empire]] under [[Otto von Bismarck]]<ref>{{Citation\|author=Friedrich Engels\|year=1866\|title=Friedrich Engels to Karl Marx in Margate, 13 April 1866\|mia=https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1866/letters/66_04_13.htm}}</ref>		* The [[German Empire (1871–1918)\|German Empire]] under [[Otto von Bismarck]]<ref>{{Citation\|author=Friedrich Engels\|year=1866\|title=Friedrich Engels to Karl Marx in Margate, 13 April 1866\|mia=https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1866/letters/66_04_13.htm}}</ref>
	* The [[Republic of China]] under [[Chiang Kai-shek]]<ref>{{Web citation\|author=Parson Young\|newspaper=New Bloom Magazine\|title=How is the KMT Still a Thing?\|date=2015-05-13\|url=https://newbloommag.net/2015/05/13/how-is-the-kmt-still-a-thing/}}</ref>
	* The [[Republic of Singapore]] under [[Lee Kuan Yew]]
	* The [[Russian Federation]] under [[Vladimir Putin]]<ref name="1DimePutin">{{Video citation\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8d6Vzi7zYg\|channel=1Dime\|title=Post-Soviet Russia: From Gangster Capitalism to Bonapartism (Documentary)\|date=2022-08-21}}</ref>		* The [[Russian Federation]] under [[Vladimir Putin]]<ref name="1DimePutin">{{Video citation\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8d6Vzi7zYg\|channel=1Dime\|title=Post-Soviet Russia: From Gangster Capitalism to Bonapartism (Documentary)\|date=2022-08-21}}</ref>

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	In Marxist thought, '''Bonapartism''' refers to a system where a counter-revolutionary [[dictatorship]] attempts to mediate between antagonistic class interests.<ref>{{Citation\|year=1971\|chapter=Bonapartism\|chapter-url=https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Bonapartism\|title=Great Soviet Encyclopedia (3rd ed.)\|volume=3\|page=551\|city=Moscow\|pdf=https://ia804601.us.archive.org/2/items/B-001-032-507-748-ALL/БСЭ_3изд_т03_591.pdf\|trans-title=Boljšaja sovjetskaja enciklopjedija\|trans-lang=Russian}}</ref> Bonapartist regimes typically come into existence during times of revolution, where they appropriate revolutionary symbols while actually having [[reactionary]] goals. For this reason, Bonapartist regimes tend to characterize themselves as "neither [[Left–right political spectrum\|left nor right]]," despite actually serving the right in practice.<ref>{{Video citation\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TYK9Mu_dzA\|channel=Second Thought\|title=Why "Neither Left Nor Right" Just Means Right Wing\|date=2022-03-18}}</ref> According to [[Vladimir Lenin]], "Bonapartism is a form of government which grows out of the counter-revolutionary nature of the bourgeoisie, in the conditions of democratic changes and a democratic revolution."<ref>{{Citation\|author=Vladimir Lenin\|year=1917\|title=They Do Not See the Wood for the Trees\|mia=https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/sep/01.htm}}</ref>		In Marxist thought, '''Bonapartism''' refers to a system where a counter-revolutionary [[dictatorship]] attempts to mediate between antagonistic class interests.<ref>{{Citation\|year=1971\|chapter=Bonapartism\|chapter-url=https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Bonapartism\|title=Great Soviet Encyclopedia (3rd ed.)\|volume=3\|page=551\|city=Moscow\|pdf=https://ia804601.us.archive.org/2/items/B-001-032-507-748-ALL/БСЭ_3изд_т03_591.pdf\|trans-title=Boljšaja sovjetskaja enciklopjedija\|trans-lang=Russian}}</ref> Bonapartist regimes typically come into existence during times of revolution, where they appropriate revolutionary symbols while actually having [[reactionary]] goals. For this reason, Bonapartist regimes tend to characterize themselves as "neither [[Left–right political spectrum\|left nor right]]," despite actually serving the right in practice.<ref>{{Video citation\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TYK9Mu_dzA\|channel=Second Thought\|title=Why "Neither Left Nor Right" Just Means Right Wing\|date=2022-03-18}}</ref> According to [[Vladimir Lenin]], "Bonapartism is a form of government which grows out of the counter-revolutionary nature of the bourgeoisie, in the conditions of democratic changes and a democratic revolution."<ref>{{Citation\|author=Vladimir Lenin\|year=1917\|title=They Do Not See the Wood for the Trees\|mia=https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/sep/01.htm}}</ref>

	The name of Bonapartism derives from the Bonaparte dynasty, which ruled France twice, first under [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] and then under his nephew [[Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte]]. It was on Louis-Napoleon that [[Karl Marx]], a contemporary, wrote ''The 18th Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte'', which described the nature of Bonapartism in detail. Marx described how, when Louis-Napoleon became emperor, the [[Bourgeoisie\|bourgeois class]] surrendered some of its political power to the emperor so that it may continue to have social power, for "in order to save its purse it must forfeit the crown."<ref>{{Citation\|author=Karl Marx\|year=1852\|title=The 18th Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte\|chapter=Rise of Louis Bonaparte\|mia=https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1852/18th-brumaire/}}</ref>		The name of Bonapartism derives from the Bonaparte dynasty, which ruled France twice, first under [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] and then under his nephew [[Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte]]. It was on Louis-Napoleon that [[Karl Marx]], a contemporary, wrote ''The 18th Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte'', which described the nature of Bonapartism in detail. Marx described how, when Louis-Napoleon became emperor, the [[Bourgeoisie\|bourgeois class]] surrendered some of its political power to the emperor so that it may continue to have social power, for "in order to save its purse it must forfeit the crown."<ref>{{Citation\|author=Karl Marx\|year=1852\|title=The 18th Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte\|chapter=Rise of Louis Bonaparte\|mia=https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1852/18th-brumaire/}}</ref>

	Outside of Marxist circles, "Bonapartism" also refers more specifically to the belief that the Bonaparte dynasty should rule France.<ref>''Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary'', s.v. "Bonapartism," accessed August 30, 2024, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Bonapartism.</ref> "Bonapartism" in this sense would be a sub-category of [[~~Monarchism~~]].		Outside of Marxist circles, "Bonapartism" also refers more specifically to the belief that the Bonaparte dynasty should rule France.<ref>''Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary'', s.v. "Bonapartism," accessed August 30, 2024, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Bonapartism.</ref> "Bonapartism" in this sense would be a sub-category of [[monarchism]].

	==Examples==		==Examples==

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	In Marxist thought, '''Bonapartism''' refers to a system where a counter-revolutionary [[dictatorship]] attempts to mediate between antagonistic class interests.<ref>{{Citation\|year=1971\|chapter=Bonapartism\|chapter-url=https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Bonapartism\|title=Great Soviet Encyclopedia (3rd ed.)\|volume=3\|page=551\|city=Moscow\|pdf=https://ia804601.us.archive.org/2/items/B-001-032-507-748-ALL/БСЭ_3изд_т03_591.pdf\|trans-title=Boljšaja sovjetskaja enciklopjedija\|trans-lang=Russian}}</ref> Bonapartist regimes typically come into existence during times of revolution, where they appropriate revolutionary symbols while actually having [[reactionary]] goals. For this reason, Bonapartist regimes tend to characterize themselves as "neither [[Left–right political spectrum\|left nor right]]," despite actually serving the right in practice.<ref>{{Video citation\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TYK9Mu_dzA\|channel=Second Thought\|title=Why "Neither Left Nor Right" Just Means Right Wing\|date=2022-03-18}}</ref> According to Vladimir Lenin, "Bonapartism is a form of government which grows out of the counter-revolutionary nature of the bourgeoisie, in the conditions of democratic changes and a democratic revolution."<ref>{{Citation\|author=Vladimir Lenin\|year=1917\|title=They Do Not See the Wood for the Trees\|mia=https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/sep/01.htm}}</ref>		In Marxist thought, '''Bonapartism''' refers to a system where a counter-revolutionary [[dictatorship]] attempts to mediate between antagonistic class interests.<ref>{{Citation\|year=1971\|chapter=Bonapartism\|chapter-url=https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Bonapartism\|title=Great Soviet Encyclopedia (3rd ed.)\|volume=3\|page=551\|city=Moscow\|pdf=https://ia804601.us.archive.org/2/items/B-001-032-507-748-ALL/БСЭ_3изд_т03_591.pdf\|trans-title=Boljšaja sovjetskaja enciklopjedija\|trans-lang=Russian}}</ref> Bonapartist regimes typically come into existence during times of revolution, where they appropriate revolutionary symbols while actually having [[reactionary]] goals. For this reason, Bonapartist regimes tend to characterize themselves as "neither [[Left–right political spectrum\|left nor right]]," despite actually serving the right in practice.<ref>{{Video citation\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TYK9Mu_dzA\|channel=Second Thought\|title=Why "Neither Left Nor Right" Just Means Right Wing\|date=2022-03-18}}</ref> According to [[Vladimir Lenin]], "Bonapartism is a form of government which grows out of the counter-revolutionary nature of the bourgeoisie, in the conditions of democratic changes and a democratic revolution."<ref>{{Citation\|author=Vladimir Lenin\|year=1917\|title=They Do Not See the Wood for the Trees\|mia=https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/sep/01.htm}}</ref>

	The name of Bonapartism derives from the Bonaparte dynasty, which ruled France twice, first under [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] and then under his nephew [[Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte]]. It was on Louis-Napoleon that [[Karl Marx]], a contemporary, wrote ''The 18th Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte'', which described the nature of Bonapartism in detail. Marx described how, when Louis-Napoleon became emperor, the [[Bourgeoisie\|bourgeois class]] surrendered some of its political power to the emperor so that it may continue to have social power, for "in order to save its purse it must forfeit the crown."<ref>{{Citation\|author=Karl Marx\|year=1852\|title=The 18th Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte\|chapter=Rise of Louis Bonaparte\|mia=https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1852/18th-brumaire/}}</ref>		The name of Bonapartism derives from the Bonaparte dynasty, which ruled France twice, first under [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] and then under his nephew [[Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte]]. It was on Louis-Napoleon that [[Karl Marx]], a contemporary, wrote ''The 18th Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte'', which described the nature of Bonapartism in detail. Marx described how, when Louis-Napoleon became emperor, the [[Bourgeoisie\|bourgeois class]] surrendered some of its political power to the emperor so that it may continue to have social power, for "in order to save its purse it must forfeit the crown."<ref>{{Citation\|author=Karl Marx\|year=1852\|title=The 18th Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte\|chapter=Rise of Louis Bonaparte\|mia=https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1852/18th-brumaire/}}</ref>
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In Marxist thought, '''Bonapartism''' refers to a system where a counter-revolutionary [[dictatorship]] attempts to mediate between antagonistic class interests.<ref>{{Citation|year=1971|chapter=Bonapartism|chapter-url=https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Bonapartism|title=Great Soviet Encyclopedia (3rd ed.)|volume=3|page=551|city=Moscow|pdf=https://ia804601.us.archive.org/2/items/B-001-032-507-748-ALL/БСЭ_3изд_т03_591.pdf|trans-title=Boljšaja sovjetskaja enciklopjedija|trans-lang=Russian}}</ref> Bonapartist regimes typically come into existence during times of revolution, where they appropriate revolutionary symbols while actually having [[reactionary]] goals. For this reason, Bonapartist regimes tend to characterize themselves as "neither [[Left–right political spectrum|left nor right]]," despite actually serving the right in practice.<ref>{{Video citation|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TYK9Mu_dzA|channel=Second Thought|title=Why "Neither Left Nor Right" Just Means Right Wing|date=2022-03-18}}</ref> According to Vladimir Lenin, "Bonapartism is a form of government which grows out of the counter-revolutionary nature of the bourgeoisie, in the conditions of democratic changes and a democratic revolution."<ref>{{Citation|author=Vladimir Lenin|year=1917|title=They Do Not See the Wood for the Trees|mia=https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/sep/01.htm}}</ref>

The name of Bonapartism derives from the Bonaparte dynasty, which ruled France twice, first under [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] and then under his nephew [[Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte]]. It was on Louis-Napoleon that [[Karl Marx]], a contemporary, wrote ''The 18th Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte'', which described the nature of Bonapartism in detail. Marx described how, when Louis-Napoleon became emperor, the [[Bourgeoisie|bourgeois class]] surrendered some of its political power to the emperor so that it may continue to have social power, for "in order to save its purse it must forfeit the crown."<ref>{{Citation|author=Karl Marx|year=1852|title=The 18th Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte|chapter=Rise of Louis Bonaparte|mia=https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1852/18th-brumaire/}}</ref>

Outside of Marxist circles, "Bonapartism" also refers more specifically to the belief that the Bonaparte dynasty should rule France.<ref>''Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary'', s.v. "Bonapartism," accessed August 30, 2024, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Bonapartism.</ref> "Bonapartism" in this sense would be a sub-category of [[Monarchism]].

==Examples==
Notable examples of Bonapartism include:
* The [[First French Empire (1804 – 1815)|First French Empire]] under [[Napoleon Bonaparte]]
* The [[Second French Empire (1852 – 1870)|Second French Empire]] under [[Napoleon III]]
* The [[German Empire (1871–1918)|German Empire]] under [[Otto von Bismarck]]<ref>{{Citation|author=Friedrich Engels|year=1866|title=Friedrich Engels to Karl Marx in Margate, 13 April 1866|mia=https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1866/letters/66_04_13.htm}}</ref>
* The [[Republic of China]] under [[Chiang Kai-shek]]<ref>{{Web citation|author=Parson Young|newspaper=New Bloom Magazine|title=How is the KMT Still a Thing?|date=2015-05-13|url=https://newbloommag.net/2015/05/13/how-is-the-kmt-still-a-thing/}}</ref>
* The [[Republic of Singapore]] under [[Lee Kuan Yew]]
* The [[Russian Federation]] under [[Vladimir Putin]]<ref name="1DimePutin">{{Video citation|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8d6Vzi7zYg|channel=1Dime|title=Post-Soviet Russia: From Gangster Capitalism to Bonapartism (Documentary)|date=2022-08-21}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Napoleon Bonaparte]]
* [[Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte]]
* [[Fascism]]

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