How Did Weber Locate The Cause Of Inequality

Karl Marx and Max Weber agreed on three things: social inequality exists and in order to fully understand it we must locate the cause of inequality as well as understand the historical roots. Weber, like Marx, was a structural thinker however; he believed that class status matter. Status offers a sense of honor and doesn’t have to be connected with money. Although Weber agreed with Karl Marx that economic conditions were a central part of social conflict, he didn't believe that economic inequality was the only inequality that caused conflict or stratification in society. Prestige and political influence also had a lot to do with social stratification and conflict. Weber saw society as having many prestige or status groups which held varying