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Discuss Marx’s concept of class. Is class struggle inevitable for the elimination of inequalities and exploitation in the third world societies?

  • UPSC 1984
  • Sociological Thinkers

For Karl Marx, class is not an income bracket but a relationship to the means of production. Classes are defined by exploitation, and their antagonism drives history. Whether that struggle is the only road to equality in third world societies is doubtful, because democratic and movement-based routes have also reduced exploitation.

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