SOCIOL 2S06 Lecture 14: SOCIOL 2KK3 March 5th-Class vs Social Class and Status & Party

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Scientists, technicians, civil servants, managers, and other various white collar workers. Work for an annual salary, involved w mental labour rather than physical labour. Sold their personal skills on the market. Wage earning, manual labourers, who sold their labour power on the market. Weber"s conception of the middle class (middle classes) Saw the existence of 2 middle classes. Argued that the petty bourgeoisie would decline as capitalism developed. Argued that the intelligentsia and specialists would continue to expand in numbers and in importance as bureaucratic organizations in society. Bureaucracy needs more white collar employees to grow. Marx focused more on the b and p but not the pb, argued that the pb would decline and join the p. Marx saw the intelligentsia and specialist as an extension of the bourgeoisie. Did not outright talk about them but viewed them as the above. Made up of people in similar economic conditions/circumstances.

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