There are many classical sociologists in the world with many different theories and key elements in the sociological imagination. James Fulcher and John Scott (p.21, 2011) explain why the theories of sociologists of the past and of modern society today are so important and why they may still be relevant today, “theory is or should be an attempt to describe and explain of the real world, it is impossible to know anything about the real world without drawing on some kind of theoretical ideas. The perception of the theories of Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim and Max Weber (who may also be known as the "holy trinity" of the three founding fathers) has been interpreted for hundreds of years, leading them to have a notable impact on history and on everyone's society the days. However, the relevance of these theories in contemporary sociology raises a number of questions and different opinions on how the theories impact citizens in society to this day. Furthermore, this essay will focus on how the three sociologists discussed and argued some concepts such as inequality and social change, and also how these can relate to key events, for example the Olympics, the Arab Spring and the 2011 uprisings. Beyond to this, they aid our understanding of societies, times and current events. One topic area that all three sociologists Marx, Durkheim and Weber argued and discussed in different viewpoints, was social inequality and social structure, all sociologists had their own theories. on what they would classify social inequality and social structure. Paul Watts (2007) discusses his thoughts on social inequality, as a number of ways, including how we understand and explain the relationship between individuals and their social contexts. An example cou...... middle of paper...... for a different company. Marx's theory for social change is based on history, and this contrary to the fact that history is more or less the reason for class conflict and social change. (This material/information is taken from lecture slides from the Sociological Imagination.) Mike O'Donnell (1992) also studied what causes social changes according to Mark Weber's theory and why social change occurs, O'Donnell demonstrated that "Weber considered that social change can occur for many reasons or, more technically according to his analysis, social change is multifactorial” (p. 11, 1992) Weber also thought just like Karl Marx's theory, he believed that history plays an important role in social change, however Weber did not want to be recognized for it. this was because he did not agree with all of Marx's theory because he believed that class conflict was an explanation for change unlike Marx's theory.