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"Any group of people who have a similar chance for a supply of goods, external living conditions, and personal life experiences....determined by the power to dispose of goods and skills for the sake income in a given economic order"
Society is characterized by class struggle
"Classes, Status Groups and Parties" are phenomena of the distribution of power within a community"
Two distinct social classes
Class situations
Distribution of Material Property
Caused by the Mode of production
Class is based solely on economic order
Productive Forces
Social and Technical Relations
How you relate to each other and are bound by material things
The outcome of their research was substantially different, with Weber being an extension of Marx's work
Both addressed the same concern of inequality, with both using an economic approach
Born 1864
An Individual's "Status Situation" is determined by a specific positive or negative social estimation of honor.
Marx observed at a Macro Level, looking at institutions as a whole
Weber observed at a micro level, looking at smaller groups and individuals
Only focused on ownership of capital
Added social power and influence
"Father of Modern Sociology"
Exploiting and Exploited
Adds Subjectivity
Born 1818
Class does not determine Status
THE MENTAL BREAKDOWN
Conflict Theorist
Individual's Status is determined by society
Saw the decline of Liberalism, Rise of state power
Understanding means attached to actions
Focused on Economics
All societies are classes based in some way shape or form
Political life as a struggle of conflicting ideas between individuals and groups
Historical Approach
Who controls the means of production?
Dependent but conflictual relationship
Creates opposing interests
"Groups of people who are oriented to the acquisition of social power."
Wage labor exploitation
False Consciousness
Parties might represent the interests of class situations and/or status situations."
H. Gerth and C. Wright Mills (eds), From Max Weber: Essays in Sociology.
R. Bendix, Max Weber: An Intellectual Portrait.
Wiley, N. (1987). THE MARX-WEBER DEBATE Sage Publications. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/60026894?accountid=14701
Only Possible in communities that are "Societalized". (have a rational order and people to enforce it)
Bendix, Reinhard (1974). INEQUALITY AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE: A COMPARISON OF MARX AND WEBER. American Sociological Reveiw. Retrived from http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdfplus/2094228.pdf?acceptTC=true
Formal Hierarchy
Management by universal rules
Everything is material
Specialization
Human labor as a commodity
Employment based on Qualifications
Solution is Communism
Impersonal
Worker Revolution
Problems with bureaucracy