Differences in Conflict Theory of Karl Marx and Ralf Dahrendorf

Differences in Conflict Theory of Karl Marx and Ralf Dahrendorf

Social conflict is a form of conflict in society that occurs due to various factors. The complexity of social conflict makes studying this phenomenon give rise to multiple theories. Among the sociological thinkers who formulated specific theories to analyze social conflict were Karl Marx and Ralf Dahrendorf. Conflict theory was born to oppose the theory of … Read more

Conflict Theory according to Dahrendorf

Conflict Theory according to Dahrendorf

Another quite popular conflict theory is Dahrendorf. Ralf Dahrendorf is a German intellectual who became famous through his work ” Class and Class Conflict in Industrial Society ” in 1959. For Dahrendorf, the functionalist explanations of integration, value and consensus, and stability needed to be revised. He rejected these functionalist assumptions and sought to base his theory on a … Read more