ABSTRACT
Social status is a concept dear to sociologists, although there exist various difficulties in dealing with it. It is quite clear that it has something to do with prestige and even with privilege, which may explain why in the camp of Marxist sociology the concept itself enjoys little esteem. It would, however, be much too simple to think this to be the whole story. Marxists apply a different concept, familiar to us all: that of class. In some respects, the two concepts exhibit common features, although it is an almost trivial range which is covered by them both.
