Why Is It Still Relevant To Discuss Social Class
Is it still relevant to discuss social class?
Social class is a division of a society based on social and economic status. It could be argued that it is clear that social class is relevant in our society, this is because there are a multitude of social establishments that are currently affected by differences in class, such as the education and health system. Social class is a system of social stratification, a system which creates different types of social inequalities. Social inequality is defined by the existence of unequal opportunities which can come in the form of: ownership of property, types of occupation that creates differences in wealth, income and power. I will be examining different perspectives on social class such as functionalists like Durkheim and Marxists like Karl Marx to explain whether it is still relevant to discuss social class.
Functionalists like Durkheim view society as a structure and they believe in order to create and maintain social order and stability, each social institute must ensure they execute an official function to ensure that they can work together, this is referred as the biological analogy. This was created by Talcott Parsons who argued that all parts of society worked together to ensure that they can …show more content…
He believed that if living in a communist society came to fruition, that social class would cease to exist. What this revolution would bring to society would be a ‘classless communist society’, this would be done by abolishing the state. The revolution would also bring an increase in the interest of satisfying human needs, this would be done by getting rid of any type of exploitation. For example, replacing private ownership with social ownership and replacing production for profit. (AQA – A2 Sociology, Chapter 4, Topic 4, Page
Social class is a division of a society based on social and economic status. It could be argued that it is clear that social class is relevant in our society, this is because there are a multitude of social establishments that are currently affected by differences in class, such as the education and health system. Social class is a system of social stratification, a system which creates different types of social inequalities. Social inequality is defined by the existence of unequal opportunities which can come in the form of: ownership of property, types of occupation that creates differences in wealth, income and power. I will be examining different perspectives on social class such as functionalists like Durkheim and Marxists like Karl Marx to explain whether it is still relevant to discuss social class.
Functionalists like Durkheim view society as a structure and they believe in order to create and maintain social order and stability, each social institute must ensure they execute an official function to ensure that they can work together, this is referred as the biological analogy. This was created by Talcott Parsons who argued that all parts of society worked together to ensure that they can …show more content…
He believed that if living in a communist society came to fruition, that social class would cease to exist. What this revolution would bring to society would be a ‘classless communist society’, this would be done by abolishing the state. The revolution would also bring an increase in the interest of satisfying human needs, this would be done by getting rid of any type of exploitation. For example, replacing private ownership with social ownership and replacing production for profit. (AQA – A2 Sociology, Chapter 4, Topic 4, Page