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Are issues of Social Class still relevant in modern society? Explore the issues involved, with reference to the original ideas of Karl Marx and more recent concepts such as the notions of a 'middle class' and an 'underclass'. According to the writings of Karl Marx in the 1860s and 1870s, 'class' conflict, rooted in the economic realities of differential relations to the means of production, flowed into every aspect of social life, including work, education, politics, family and religion. Marx considered that all societies, apart from the most simple, were made up of two major social 'classes' - the bourgeoisie; being the most powerful 'class', owning the 'means of production' (land, factories etc.) and the proletariat; the least powerful 'class', being forced to sell their labour in order to make a living. In a capitalist society, the capitalist 'class' or bourgeoisie, is the ruling 'class', owning more property and wealth, therefore enabling...

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