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| A group of people that have similar ] and ] status. | A group of people that have similar ] and ] status. | ||
| At various times division of society into classes had various level of support from law. | At various times division of society into classes had various level of support from law. | ||
| On one opposite of this were old ] classes - castes, which one could neither enter after birth, | On one opposite of this were old ] classes - castes, which one could neither enter after birth, | ||
| nor leave. On the other are classes in modern Western societies, which are very fluid and have little support from law. | nor leave. On the other are classes in modern Western societies, which are very fluid and have little support from law. | ||
| ] tried to explain history in terms of a ] between a rich, privileged class which possessed the ], and a poor, unprivileged class, which actually produced, while the fruits of the work were being mostly taken by members of the privileged class. | |||
| ] tried to explain the history in terms of ], between | |||
| a rich, priviledged class that possessed ] and poor unpriviledged class, | |||
| that actually produced, but fruits of which work were being mostly taken by members of priviledged class. | |||
| See also: ], ] | See also: ], ] | ||
| For other meaning of word ''class'', see ]. | For other meaning of word ''class'', see ]. | ||
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A group of people that have similar social and economical status. At various times division of society into classes had various level of support from law. On one opposite of this were old Indian classes - castes, which one could neither enter after birth, nor leave. On the other are classes in modern Western societies, which are very fluid and have little support from law.
Marxists tried to explain history in terms of a War of classes between a rich, privileged class which possessed the Means of production, and a poor, unprivileged class, which actually produced, while the fruits of the work were being mostly taken by members of the privileged class.
For other meaning of word class, see Class.