e who do not. This biased and one-sided power equation is why Marx felt revolution was inevitable. As Robertson (1987: 261) notes, “Any attempt to dislodge the ruling class is likely to be regarded as a revolutionary assault on the state as a whole, because the interests of the two are so closely identified.”
As a functionalist, Durkheim basically looked at different aspects of society and culture with a mind toward understanding how that aspect functions or contributes to society as a whole.
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