Marx And Durkheim's Flaws In The Capitalistic System

Both Marx and Durkheim perceived flaws in the Capitalistic system, although, where Marx sought revolution, Durkheim proposed reform
According to Durkheim, the division of labor, carrying an increasing specialization among the workforce, represented a stage in the evolution of humankind that was social as well as economic in nature
According to Marx, the conflict model of society was evolutionary. Society was comprised of a moving balance of antithetical forces that generate social change by their tension and struggle. Capitalism as an economic system is irrational erecting barriers to modern science and technology’s capacity to meet human needs.
Struggle, rather than peaceful growth, is the engine of progress, with social conflict being the core of the historical process. In class struggle under capitalism, the Bourgeoisie represents the owners of the means of production and the Proletarians are the workers turned into oppressed wage slaves. …show more content…
Without social solidarity, human “brotherhood” cannot be realized.
Weber defined capitalism as a rational economic system peculiar to the West. Similarly to Marx, Weber perceived capitalism as an inflexible system in which the individual was forced to conform to a standard of economic greed; similarly to Durkheim, he did not propose revolutionary solutions to social