Marxs Alienation

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dictionary, Alienation is defined as a “withdrawing or separation of a person or a person’s affections from an object or position of former attachment.” Marx believed this term was best present in the labor force at his time. He saw the capitalist society as exploiting workers and also stripping individuals of their own free will. This exploitation would be dominant enough that it set limits to the individuals creative potential, thus alienating man to himself. Karl Marx believed that labor, under the capitalist system, was forcing workers into work; consequently he came up with the term ‘forced labor.’ He would also argue that in order for this problem to resolve itself, would be to abolish private property and the class relationships that emerge from the ownership and non-ownership of property. Being forced to work, would be enough incentive to believe that alienation would ensue. For example, if I was a factory worker and I was forced into ...

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