Although Seemingly in Agreement About the Alienating Character of Industrial

question 5

Multiple Choice

Although seemingly in agreement about the alienating character of industrial work, this is actually a point of departure between Marx and Durkheim.

• A) Unlike Marx, Durkheim did not see the division of labor as a problem, or the existence of classes as progress.
• B) Durkheim did not see earlier, classless societies as ideal in any sense.
• C) Marx advocated class revolution, whereas Durkheim believed workers should acclimate themselves and find other ways of fulfilling their lives.
• D) Durkheim did not see one class destroying another, as did Marx, but rather as constantly reconstructing themselves.

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