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The concept of a social class structure was identified by the famous German theorist Karl Marx, duri
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The concept of a social class structure was identified by the famous German theorist Karl Marx, during the mid-nineteenth century. He believed that, social class was determined by the ownership and non-ownership of economic production. Capitalists were those that owned the means of production and those individuals that worked for them were called proletariat, which means a worker. His explanation of class was based on economic terms; hence an individual was either the owner of production or a labourer who sold their skill (Day 2001). However, Max Weber found that the Marxism view was too simple, he agreed with the idea that many different classes exist, but the key factors that decide which group an individual belongs to was mainly determined by status or social prestige according to his view (Marx and Class online). Therefore, our habits and lifestyle determines our social class. In relation to the idea of the...
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