Means of production
Weber
Shift from a feudal society based on agriculture
Material goods are at the root of the social world.
Social life is fundamentally about conflict over food, land, money, and other material goods.
The ideal government is a communist state where resources are equally shared.
Social class and political class are the same thing (class consciousness)
People often fight to protect their own interests.
1818-1883
Marx
What people consider their interests often are determined by socialization and shared values.
1864-1920
Society is becoming more rationalized and bureaucratic over time.
Capitalism is destructive
Based upon power, wealth and prestige
and each is influenced by the other
Today?
Denies that a common class situation will give rise to association
"Every technological repercussion and economic transformation threatens stratification by status and pushes the class situation into
the foreground."
Social class and political class are not the same thing
What would Marx and Weber say about class and capitalism in a modern society?
Capitalism is natural and permanent
The focus on prestige holds even more water today.
The control
over the means of production is still the defining factor.