Critical perspectives on Marx's approach to Social Classes in Society

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Demography
Cover of the book Critical perspectives on Marx's approach to Social Classes in Society by Saied Qadir Faqe Ibrahim, Rebaz Jalal Mahmood, GRIN Publishing
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Author: Saied Qadir Faqe Ibrahim, Rebaz Jalal Mahmood ISBN: 9783668136458
Publisher: GRIN Publishing Publication: February 1, 2016
Imprint: GRIN Publishing Language: English
Author: Saied Qadir Faqe Ibrahim, Rebaz Jalal Mahmood
ISBN: 9783668136458
Publisher: GRIN Publishing
Publication: February 1, 2016
Imprint: GRIN Publishing
Language: English

Scientific Essay from the year 2016 in the subject Sociology - Social System, Social Structure, Class, Social Stratification, , language: English, abstract: Social class issues have taken a crucial role in the social sciences (Martti, 2000). The term 'social class' was developed in the 18th and 19th centuries and has been used widely, particularly by sociologists and political-economic theorists such as Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Karl Marx, Max Weber, Ralf Dahrendorf and so on (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2012). It is clear that societies have been stratified into various classes (Roberts, 2001). Social inequality and the differences between people are two such obvious characteristics in every society that it has become necessary to classify society into the different classes (Crompton and Gubbay, 1980). Furthermore, Steenberge (2012) states that 'normally, individuals are grouped into classes based on their economic positions and similar political and economic interests within their culture'. Inequalities can be seen as being stratified on the basis of social class and this has been a main area of Marx's theory. Social class is a key to comprehending the different social opportunities available to different social groups and individuals in societies (Marsh et al, 2000). In the Communist Manifesto, Marx saw the whole of society as likely to have just two huge classes; Bourgeoisie and Proletariat, which come into direct conflict with one another, especially in capitalist societies (Crompton, 1993). Whilst, Weber's viewpoint about social class is analogous with Marx perspective, he supposed that having private property could have a role in the formation of social classes in societies (Reid, 1981). He also assumed that the variances between social classes in society might be a source of social conflict between them but viewed the conflict in a different way to Marx, as Weber had seen that the social struggle between the classes over making goods as a normal conflict in all societies. A further divergence in Dahrendorf and Marx perspectives is that the former focuses on the amount of power to explain the structure of social class in society.

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Scientific Essay from the year 2016 in the subject Sociology - Social System, Social Structure, Class, Social Stratification, , language: English, abstract: Social class issues have taken a crucial role in the social sciences (Martti, 2000). The term 'social class' was developed in the 18th and 19th centuries and has been used widely, particularly by sociologists and political-economic theorists such as Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Karl Marx, Max Weber, Ralf Dahrendorf and so on (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2012). It is clear that societies have been stratified into various classes (Roberts, 2001). Social inequality and the differences between people are two such obvious characteristics in every society that it has become necessary to classify society into the different classes (Crompton and Gubbay, 1980). Furthermore, Steenberge (2012) states that 'normally, individuals are grouped into classes based on their economic positions and similar political and economic interests within their culture'. Inequalities can be seen as being stratified on the basis of social class and this has been a main area of Marx's theory. Social class is a key to comprehending the different social opportunities available to different social groups and individuals in societies (Marsh et al, 2000). In the Communist Manifesto, Marx saw the whole of society as likely to have just two huge classes; Bourgeoisie and Proletariat, which come into direct conflict with one another, especially in capitalist societies (Crompton, 1993). Whilst, Weber's viewpoint about social class is analogous with Marx perspective, he supposed that having private property could have a role in the formation of social classes in societies (Reid, 1981). He also assumed that the variances between social classes in society might be a source of social conflict between them but viewed the conflict in a different way to Marx, as Weber had seen that the social struggle between the classes over making goods as a normal conflict in all societies. A further divergence in Dahrendorf and Marx perspectives is that the former focuses on the amount of power to explain the structure of social class in society.

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