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QS: What r the systems of forms of social classes?
ANS: Low ,middl n high???????
Definition:
in the words of MacIver and Page:
"A social class is a portion of community marked off from the rest by social
status...it is a sense of status sustained by economic, poltical or
ecclesiastical power and by the distinctive modes of life and cultural
expressions,that draws class apart from the class, give cohesion to each
class and stratifies the whole society"
Social classes are based on economic,political,social and religious ground
Division of society given by various sociologists:
Plato:According to Plato there are three classes present in a
society.a)Workers b)Soldiers c)Philosophers (who rules the society)
Aristotle:3 classes.a)the very rich. b)the very poor. c) in between.
Marx:There are two major classes a)Bourgeoise (the rich) b)Proletariat(the poor)
Throstein Veblen:2 casses a)Workers b)Leisure Class
Forms of classes in our society:
upper class , middle class , lower classs
Tribes Biraderies and caste system are also the different forms of classes
