Karl Marx Vs Durkheim

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Whereas Marx thinks that the problems of capitalism are within it, and can only resolved with a communist order, Durkheim identifies trends both of self-destruction and self-regeneration within modern capitalism. This is because Marx thoroughly connects the capitalist division of labour to a system of possession and extraction of surplus value, while Durkheim views it as a much wider significance rather than practical. Both Marx's and Durkheim's theories possess a distinct fitting for society today, for dissimilar respects and reasons. Growing inequality between the classes, have created conditions in which features of Marx's study have new application and strength. Similarly, Durkheim's concern with the growing gap between the state and the