Abstract

DUEK, María Celia. Ralf Dahrendorf: A Critic and Analysis of the Implications of his  Eclectic Class Theory. Trab. soc. [online]. 2010, n.14. ISSN 1514-6871.

In this article we seek to explain and criticize  Ralf Dahrendorf´s class theory, that intends to integrate marxist and structural-functionalist  approaches and thus "overcome" marxist class theories.     In the descriptions that this author offers of the "poscapitalist" society of the XX century,  everything leads to demonstrate the inefficiency of the marxist theory in explaining the new social conditions and the lack of relevancy of its strong concepts. His "class theory", besides tending to underestimate the power of the "dominant class",  paradoxically commits to a dissolution of the concept of social class.   Our present interest for Dahrendorf´s theses, formulated half a century ago, is based in that they have constituted an important source of inspiration for an entire stream of current thought that promotes the abandonment of the old "hard" categories and it promotes the displacement of theoretical interests toward problems more according with the "new" reality

Keywords : Social classes; Dahrendorf; Marxism; Class Theory.

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