Ralf dahrendorf

Ralf Dahrendorf

1. Ralf Dahrendorf Presented By: Menal Hasan

2. History of Ralf Dahrendorf Ralf Dahrendorf was a German sociologist. Dahrendorf was a leading expert on explaining and analyzing class divisions in modern society Dahrendorf wrote multiple articles and books. his most notable being Class Conflict in Industrial Society (1959) Dahrendorf died in Cologne , Germany, aged 80, on 17 June 2009, after suffering from cancer.

3. Dahrendorf’s theory 1) Class and class conflict in Industrial Society In 1959, Dahrendorf published in his most influential’s work on social inequality , titled Class and Class Conflict in Industrial Society this book still remains as his first detailed and most influential account of the problem of social inequality in modern or post capitalist societies. Dahrendorf highlighted the changes that have occurred in modern society.

4. CONT……. According to Dahrendorf, the conflict theory is used to understand conflict. As a sociologist, Dahrendorf developed, cultivated, and advanced conflict theory. Dahrendorf states that capitalism has undergone major changes since Marx initially developed his theory on class conflict .

5. Dahrendorf’s theory in simple words: He believes that the struggle for authority creates conflict. Dahrendorf’s theory defined class not in terms of wealth like Marx, but by the level of authority. Criticism Absent from Dahrendorf’s theory were any significant discussions of culture, and therefore, citizenship and identity.