What were the individual and societal problems identified by the classical social theorists. How did they suggest they might be resolved?
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What were the individual and societal problems identified by the classical social theorists. How did they suggest they might be resolved? Abstract: In this essay I have tried to answer the question by analyzing the individual and societal problems identified by Emile Durkheim, Max Weber, and Karl Marx, and the way they suggested to resolve these problems. I divided the essay by discussing each classical theorist's ideas separately and then comparing them. The beginning of the 19th century saw the very end of large land ownership. Workers were starting to have more freedoms then their ancestors who lived during the feudal period. During this period the serfs had to work for their landlords: part of what they produced had to be given to their lords. Very little could be sold by the farmers because there were no large scale markets. Before the turn of the century a very small part...

