An Account Of Karl Marx's Theory of Alienation
Date Submitted: 03/17/2004 01:00:44
Category: / Social Sciences / Sociology
Length: 5 pages (1454 words)
Category: / Social Sciences / Sociology
Length: 5 pages (1454 words)
Karl Marx's Theory of Alienation
Karl Marx's theory of alienation presents us with a grim view of capitalist society and the dehumanising effect that this society has on the worker. Marx's theory of alienation refers to human beings becoming alienated from the society that, according to Marx, they created. As society develops human beings gradually begin to feel that it is not of their making and they do not feel at home in such a …
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…is common today to see workers encouraged to fulfil the desires and wants of their employer at the expense of their own, thereby alienating themselves from their product, their work, their species and ultimately, their fellow man.
Bibliography
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4. 'Marx, Weber and Durkheim' by Ken Morrison
5. 'Understanding Classical Sociology' by Hughes, Martin and Sharrock
6. 'The Sociological Tradition' by Robert Nisbet
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