Why is dialectical materialism important for Karl Marx's analysis of inequality?

A. Marx believed that dialectical materialism would overcome functionalist perspectives.
B. Marx believed that dialectical materialism would overcome symbolic interactionist perspectives.
C. Marx analyzed history as a series of objective conflicts between opposing classes that produced change in society.
D. Dialectical materialism was not actually part of Karl Marx's analysis of inequality.


Answer: C

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