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Race, Gender, and Class According to Georg Simmel and Max Weber

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Georg Simmel on Class, Gender and Race Research Compiled by 11/2001 Please Social theorists Georg  Simmel and Max Weber provided distinct arguments regarding the nature of man in the world, including views of issues like class, gender and ethnicity as they serve to unite or  divide man within the social realm. Both of these theorists relate elements like class and gender to components of what has been deemed "conflict theory" and underscore the correlation  between social roles, expectations and change. Social theorists like Simmel, Karl Marx, John Stuart Mill and Max Weber have suggested that a variety of elements, including position within a  hierarchy, class, race, gender and even nationalistic perspectives have all lent themselves to the development of interpersonal communication systems based inherently in human conflict. When applying this concept to  specific issues, it is possible to recognize the importance of understanding the basis of conflict theory in order to address the correlation that exists in the function of social systems  relative to these variables. Class Georg Simmels perspectives have been linked to the views of the philosopher Immanuel Kant and relate the fact that society is  made up of fundamental interactions between individuals and that the unification of men has led to social laws that further define the problem of mans conflicted sense of community (Farganis  113). While theorists like Karl Marx viewed the collective as a primary element and separation from the collective as an individual choice, Simmel reversed this perspective, suggesting that interpersonal  interactions should be considered first when assessing the impact of conflict theory and the basis for collective decision-making. In other words, while both Marx and Kant presented their social