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When at the latest with the crises of the financial markets a new focus on class issues was set on Marxian theorists' agenda, there is the question, how to cope with it. The idea of class is central for Marxian theories, but enigmatic and controversial at the same time. Reason enough to review and to reconsider as well the dynamics of the discussions within the last 50 years and to focus the sets of problems and unanswered questions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The article aims at a revision of the term ›class‹ and its theoretical history that is informed both by cultural theory and literary concepts. The new understanding of ›class‹ is connected with the German idea of Bildung. The literary historical relevance of the resulting offspring Klassen-Bildung is then applied to the genres of the German Bildungsroman and autobiography. Finally, we take a look at recent developments in social history that disclose a strong convergence towards our research initiative. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Traditional theories of class structure in the society turned out to be insufficient in explaining or describing social inequality in modern industrial societies. This article deals with subtle distinctions, a process of reproducing social inequality in interaction systems. Focus is laid on marks of subtle distinction. They are often unconscious, seem to be peripheral to the situation and therefore are not codified, e. g. in "How to Behave" books. They are distributed In interaction processes, stabilizing social inequality in societies. Sociologists might detect them through qualitative, e. g. linguistic methods. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Social inequalities are traditionally analyzed and explained within the context of social strata or classes. Therefore they have also come to terms with gender based inequalities. Up to now the traditional class theories did not deal successfully with the discrimination of women within their frame of reference. Either all or specific groups of women were considered as constituting a class, or gender based inequalities are excluded from the scope of class theory. Both attempts fail: they do not fit the empirical facts and central issues of inequalities are left out of consideration. Therefore in this article a proposal for a new formulation of the concept of class is developed which is also to be applied to gender based inequalities and processes of group formation grounded in these inequalities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports on a May 2010 convention of the Sociological Theory and Social Inequality and Social Structure Sections of the Deutche Gesellschaft für Soziologie (DGS), held in Essen, Germany. The conference theme was "Return of the Classed Society? On the Relation of Inequality Research and Societal Theory."