Many of common approaches to sociology derive from Durkheim. ... Property is the major difference between classes. Marx and Engel argue that property creates class division and causes conflict. ... The dominant classes are those who manage to achieve a tight monopoly on some lucrative market; less dominant classes get only partial monopolies or monopolies in less desirable kinds of markets. Classes who achieve no monopoly at all and are forced to compete on the open market. ...

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Marxism Marxist critics are essentially interested in issues of class and social exploitation and are specifically attentive to cultural mechanisms and their literary versions that keep people unaware of their exploited status. ...

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