ABSTRACT
This chapter demonstrates how the theoretical framework elaborated by Max Weber more than a century ago might provide us with a greater sense of direction and purpose in understanding how inequalities are reproduced in the digital realm, the patterns that influence them, and how they are related to social inequalities. It explores the main difference to Marx and Marxist approaches becomes clear. The chapter examines the process of social stratification as described by Weber. Weber is traditionally recognized as one of the fathers of sociology, although he also made important contributions to the growth of other disciplines such as history, economics and political science. Weber deeply analysed social contexts, and although socio-historical and economic aspects are much changed many of the characteristics of social inequalities he highlighted remain pertinent in explaining social strata in a digitally enabled society. The Weberian approach in analysing inequalities in society is characterized by the idea of the multidimensional nature of inequality.
