Thinking about social class
Are Marx's theories about the nature and importance of social class still insightful? They are, at many levels: exploitation, inequality, ideology, political behavior, influence on policy, sources of collective action, ...
Understanding Society · Thinking about social classMarx’s theory of social class is founded on the idea of conflict of interest defined by the property system. Marx puts the point this way in the Communist Manifesto: “History is a histo…