In today’s society, the main driving factor for competition is economic wealth. The way everything is viewed depends on the driving forces behind the money. The money that is acquired by people is the way people are viewed in society. Max Weber views this drive for money as a way to classify and put society in groups. He says that depending on such things as where you work, how much money you have, and what you own determine what groups you belong to.
In the first part of his argument he says that their class situation is what determines what class they are grouped in. Class situation is determined by factors such as where people work, how much money they make, the property they own to make money, and other opportunities people have in life. Upper class persons run the economy by owning the means of production of items through labor, and the middle and lower classes have the labor to provide. The class that that a person is in would determine what social group they are in and loosely by what they are viewed as.
Class in today’s society still determines a great deal of what social groups people run in, but maybe not so as much as Weber thought. Class situation is moving in today’s society and it is easier to move between classes with all of the different jobs being created and destroyed. Addition of things like the Internet and other entrepreneurs have created more widely based social class. Class would still be the same in the way Weber described it with production of goods with division of labor and other
Another social determining factor Weber believed to be true was someone’s status, or all about the prestige someone is perceived to have, or consumption of everyday products. Someone’s status is closely related what class they are in, but is not directly related. Someone can have lots of money, but not like to spend it, or be very poor and make it seem like they have money by buying items. Status can be seen as small cliques of society, as people don’t usually interact with someone of a lower or higher status of themselves. With the creation of credit cards and other kinds of loans, status can be very fake nowadays. Status is still perceived the way Weber described it in that it is still perceived to be a very social aspect of life. People with nice or many material items are seen as having a high status.
Weber’s last point is that of a person’s party. He says party is motivated to influence social action. Parties tend to fall along class lines and are mostly motivated by ideas of certain classes. They try to gain dominance on social classes by following interests of the classes. Also classes can sway public parties into thinking the way they think with the influence of money. Now Republicans tend to run with upper classes and democrats seem to run along with Democrats.
In today’s society, the possible more important one of Weber’s three ideas is that of a person’s status. Status can determine what class a person is in and then which political party they are affiliated with. It can also be as Weber saw it with class determining a person’s status and thus influencing their politics. Either class or status can be seen as more important now, as they are interchangeable between the two as being seen more dominant in the social aspect of society. The wealth, either perceived or natural, can be the driving factor of society of today.
In the first part of his argument he says that their class situation is what determines what class they are grouped in. Class situation is determined by factors such as where people work, how much money they make, the property they own to make money, and other opportunities people have in life. Upper class persons run the economy by owning the means of production of items through labor, and the middle and lower classes have the labor to provide. The class that that a person is in would determine what social group they are in and loosely by what they are viewed as.
Class in today’s society still determines a great deal of what social groups people run in, but maybe not so as much as Weber thought. Class situation is moving in today’s society and it is easier to move between classes with all of the different jobs being created and destroyed. Addition of things like the Internet and other entrepreneurs have created more widely based social class. Class would still be the same in the way Weber described it with production of goods with division of labor and other
Another social determining factor Weber believed to be true was someone’s status, or all about the prestige someone is perceived to have, or consumption of everyday products. Someone’s status is closely related what class they are in, but is not directly related. Someone can have lots of money, but not like to spend it, or be very poor and make it seem like they have money by buying items. Status can be seen as small cliques of society, as people don’t usually interact with someone of a lower or higher status of themselves. With the creation of credit cards and other kinds of loans, status can be very fake nowadays. Status is still perceived the way Weber described it in that it is still perceived to be a very social aspect of life. People with nice or many material items are seen as having a high status.
Weber’s last point is that of a person’s party. He says party is motivated to influence social action. Parties tend to fall along class lines and are mostly motivated by ideas of certain classes. They try to gain dominance on social classes by following interests of the classes. Also classes can sway public parties into thinking the way they think with the influence of money. Now Republicans tend to run with upper classes and democrats seem to run along with Democrats.
In today’s society, the possible more important one of Weber’s three ideas is that of a person’s status. Status can determine what class a person is in and then which political party they are affiliated with. It can also be as Weber saw it with class determining a person’s status and thus influencing their politics. Either class or status can be seen as more important now, as they are interchangeable between the two as being seen more dominant in the social aspect of society. The wealth, either perceived or natural, can be the driving factor of society of today.