The phrase "base of society" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to the fundamental or foundational elements that support and structure a society.
Example: "Education and family values are often considered the base of society, shaping the future of communities."
Alternatives: "foundation of society" or "cornerstone of society".
The introduction of money, while radically changing the economic base of society, was itself a contingent development, for money has no intrinsic value but depends for its utility only on convention.
The turn towards a renewable resource and energy base of society will introduce new challenges not only for the affected infrastructure systems, but also for spatial planning.
In Brazil, the first modern day heroes from the poorest base of society were soccer players.
This theory is often viewed as a reversal of Marx's thesis that the economic "base" of society determines all other aspects of it.
If future generations of children are literate and well-educated, this will serve to widen the economic base of society, thus strengthening Malaysia's economic capability.
The industry's products are ubiquitous; in roughly the last 50 years, synthetic chemicals have become integrated into nearly all industrial processes and commercial products and now constitute the primary material base of society (Geiser 2001).
In his controversial study of the economic bases of society, Qu'est ce que la propriété?
I don't always agree with Bill Maher, but I absolutely concur that women are a moral influence on the more base elements of society.
"Political change actually comes from the democratic base of our society".
But the Frankfurt school did not believe that this reform of consciousness could come about simply by changing the socio-economic base of capitalist society.
To judge from the evidence of the Farmer's Law, dated in the 7th century, the technological base of Byzantine society was more advanced than that of contemporary western Europe: iron tools could be found in the villages; water mills dotted the landscape; and field-sown beans provided a diet rich in protein.
