{"id":5621,"date":"2020-01-14T18:48:54","date_gmt":"2020-01-14T13:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/?p=5621"},"modified":"2020-01-14T18:48:54","modified_gmt":"2020-01-14T13:18:54","slug":"in-what-ways-are-marxs-and-webers-theories-of-class-at-odds-with-each-other-and-to-what-extent-can-they-be-seen-as-complementary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/in-what-ways-are-marxs-and-webers-theories-of-class-at-odds-with-each-other-and-to-what-extent-can-they-be-seen-as-complementary\/","title":{"rendered":"In what ways are Marx’s and Weber’s theories of class at odds with each other and to what extent can they be seen as complementary?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Relevance: Sociology paper I: Thinkers<\/strong><\/p>\n

Answer:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Marx’s and Weber’s theories of class serve as significantly influential and fundamental to a majority of further developments of the views on stratification. Although the theories are frequently contradicted to each other, they may be described as complementary rather than mutually exclusive.<\/p>\n

Differences\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Marx on class<\/strong><\/td>\nWeber on class<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u2022 Class refers to a social group whose members sharing the same relationship to the means of production.<\/td>\n\u2022 Class is a social group of individuals who share a similar position in a market economy and therefore receive similar reward i.e. individuals class is determined by the income that he is able to draw by working in the market economy.<\/p>\n

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\u2022There are only two classes the haves (owners) and the have notes (non owners)<\/td>\n\u2022 These are 4 major classes<\/p>\n

(a) Propertied upper class<\/p>\n

(b) Property less white collar workers<\/p>\n

(c) Petty Bourgeoise<\/p>\n

(d) Manual working class<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\u2022Factors like ownership non- ownership of property are significant in the formation of classes<\/td>\n\u2022 Factors et-her than ownership and non-ownership of property are.-significant in the formation of classes. Different skills result in different economic returns. Thus leading to the formation of different classes.<\/p>\n

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\u2022 Classes existed in pre-industrial societies also<\/td>\n\u2022 Classes emerged only in modern industrial societies based on market economy. Pre-industrial societies were status based.<\/p>\n

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Intermediate classes will polarise as capitalism matures<\/p>\n

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no evidence of polarisation of classes rather there will be expansion of Middle class as capitalism develops.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u2022 Proletariat will unite and will lead the Proletariat revolution, leading to establishment of communism<\/td>\n\u2022 Weber saw no reason why those having a similar class situation should necessarily develop a common identity and launch class struggle. For example a civil servant and a cab driver earning equally are of same class but low will their interest unite.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u2022 Communist society will be completely<\/td>\n\u2022 In communist society bureaucracy will be very powerful. Therefore power inequality will remain<\/p>\n

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\u2022 egalitarian society<\/td>\n\u2022ever if there is economic equality<\/p>\n

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Complementarities <\/strong><\/p>\n

Weber attempted to modify Marx’s theory of stratification in the following ways-<\/p>\n

(i) Marx saw social stratification primarily in economic sphere whereas to Weber there can be three independent basis of social stratification and they are as follows- (a) Economic base – class dimension of :stratification (b) Social base- Status dimension of stratification (c) Political base – Power dimension of stratification<\/p>\n

(ii) Like Marx, Weber also saw class in economic terms but he defined it differently.<\/p>\n

(iii) Mars advocates that Proletariat revolution is inevitable to resolve the conflict. Weber argued that the workers who are dissatisfied with their class situation need not necessarily launch a revolution. They may simply go on strike. Weber saw revolution as only one of the possibility. Marx saw social stratification as not desirable and not inevitable whereas Weber considers social stratification as not desirable but inevitable.<\/p>\n

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