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Outline Marx's view of class in capitalist society, and explain what you see as the major problems with this approach?
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Outline Marx's view of class in capitalist society, and explain what you see as the major problems with this approach? Marx analyzed class in relation to the ownership of capital and the means of production. He divided the population into those who owned property and those who were propertyless, the capitalist class and the proletariat. He recognised the existence of groups that did not fit this framework e.g. peasants but suggested that these were hangovers of the pre-capitalist economy that would vanish with the maturation of the capitalist system. Class was more than just a way of describing the economic position of different groups. Marx saw class as tangible collectivities and as real social forces with the capacity to change society. However criticism refers to social class as no longer being relevant to the understanding of modern societies. Jorgensen, (1997) suggests Marx saw the origins of a class society rooted in the change of agriculture....
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