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Explain the concept of social change. Critically examine the contribution of Karl Marx’s theory of social change.

  • UPSC 1997
  • Sociological Thinkers

Social change refers to significant alterations in social structure and social relationships over time. Most early sociologists wrote theories of change, but Karl Marx gave the most systematic account of why societies change. He located the engine of change in contradictions inside the economy, not in ideas or in gradual adaptation.

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