Max Weber Class Status Party

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Max Weber’s Class, Status, Party was written in response to Karl Marx’s vision on social groups and classes. Weber clarifies the leading cause of social stratification by introducing the concepts of class, status and party who are believed to divide a society. A “class” refers to an individual’s social position in society. Weber uses the notion of “property” (aka one’s possessions) to investigate one’s economic power. For instance, individuals who own large or several properties are associated with the upper class. A “status” refers to one’s social honor in society. Weber uses the idea of “equality” of status amongst American men to demonstrate how social distinctions divide certain individuals from others (108). For example, if a rich businessman

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