Class Conflict

Type: Concept

As of November 2026, Class Conflict has been mentioned in one podcast episode on The Rest Is History (Dec 2025). Discussed as a significant social issue in Victorian London.

In political science, the terms class struggle, class conflict, and class war refer to the economic antagonism and political tension that can arise between social classes due to clashing interests, competition for limited resources, and inequalities of power within a socioeconomic hierarchy. Commonly cited historical examples of class antagonists include slave masters and slaves, feudal lords and serfs, landowners and tenants, and capitalists and workers.