Symposium on Class Analysis : A neo-utilitarian theory of class?
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2000
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Journal Article
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Marx, Karl, 1818-1883; Social classes; Exploitation Labor economics; Rent Economic theory
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No discipline assigned
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English
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103-358-235
(Last edited on
2004/06/12 22:40:43 GMT-6)
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ABSTRACT:
A commentary on Aage B. Sorensen's "Toward a Sounder Basis for Class Analysis," which appears in this issue. Sorensen's attempts to develop a structural theory of inequality that is equal in format and comprehensiveness to Marx's theory of class but avoids the flaws of that theory. He applies neo-utilitarian theory to class analysis and argues that access to enduring rents can inform a new conceptualization of "class as exploitation" and so put the sociological enterprise of class analysis on a sounder footing. Undoubtedly, the labor theory of value of classical economics is indefensible; and this leaves Marxist theory without its primary basis for identifying class exploitation. However, Sorensen's alternative theory of rent suffers from some serious problems of its own and ultimately fails as a basis for a renewal of class analysis. Two fundamental problems with Sorensen's argument regarding class as exploitation are outlined.
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