Marx's Theory of Class
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Marx's definition of class. It's strengths and weaknesses. -
Although the concept of class has a central importance in Marxist theory, Marx does not
define it in a systematic form. Marx left this problem of producing a definition of the concept of
social class until much later. The manuscript of the third volume of Capital breaks off at the
moment when Marx was about to answer the question: 'What constitutes a class?' Even without
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discussed in this essay; the theory is multifaceted. One still wonders what Marx would describe in his last work. Would it have been in the same terms as he had used thirty years before? Or would he have recognized, in this gap, the vitally important changes in the class structure of the modern societies of today, and that these changes were, to some extent, different from what he anticipated to occur? This question remains unanswered.
discussed in this essay; the theory is multifaceted. One still wonders what Marx would describe in his last work. Would it have been in the same terms as he had used thirty years before? Or would he have recognized, in this gap, the vitally important changes in the class structure of the modern societies of today, and that these changes were, to some extent, different from what he anticipated to occur? This question remains unanswered.