... as natural, yet it was not until the seventeenth century that, by virtue of their humanity, all humans were thought to be born equal. From this moment the need for a sociological explanation of 'class' arose. In this essay I shall first briefly outline the history of the concept of 'class' and then evaluate this concept in modern terms with specific reference to ... of the major stumbling blocks in this debate, that it is not possible to define and isolate a definition of class which is universally accepted as being the 'correct' definition from a sociological perspective. A major point...

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