Klasa średnia: mit czy byt?

Jacek Tittenbrun

doi:10.25167/sk.1390

Klasa średnia: mit czy byt?

Jacek Tittenbrun

DOI: https://doi.org/10.25167/sk.1390

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to analyze issue of the so-called middle-class. Article contains four parts. Firstly, author stresses that 'middle class' is – to use Leon Petrażycki's term – 'jumping' concept (without strictly defined referent), usually based loosely on an household income. Then text is focused on comparison between class and stratification theories, many scholars are deceiving themselves with free uses of both categories. Next chapter is devoted to the questions of hierarchy (social strata) and structure (social class). Then author describes representations and misrepresentations of the William Lloyd Warner's work on classes, as it is introduced by leading Polish sociologists.

Keywords:

middle class, social stratification, Marxism, Max Weber, William Lloyd Warner

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