and I will try to show you why this is the wrong approach.

我将会讲解为什么他们是错误的
The usual interpretation

这种解释
goes back to a British sociologist,

是由英国的社会学家朗西曼提出的
Runciman, who wrote about this already in the 1960s--

他在上世纪六十年代时就完成了这个解释
he's still active actually--and he interpreted Weber

现在他仍然活跃在该领域
as offering a theory of social inequality in three dimensions.

他从三个方面解释了韦伯的社会不平等论
Again, go on the internet; ninety percent of

在网络上搜寻百分之九十
internet posting on Weber and class will give you this view.

关于韦伯和他的阶级思想都是这样定位的
What are those three dimensions?

这三方面是什么呢
Status or prestige is one dimension;

社会地位或称作威望是一方面
the second is class,

阶级是第二方面
usually defined by income or wealth;

通常由收入或财富来决定