Marxism And Alienation

Author : Marcello Musto
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2021-05-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030607814

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Karl Marx's Writings on Alienation by Marcello Musto Pdf

The theory of alienation occupies a significant place in the work of Marx and has long been considered one of his main contributions to the critique of bourgeois society. Many authors who have written on this concept over the 20th century have erroneously based their interpretations on Marx’s early writings. In this anthology, by contrast, Marcello Musto has concentrated his selection on the most relevant pages of Marx’s later economic works, in which his thoughts on alienation were far more extensive and detailed than those of the early philosophical manuscripts. Additionally, the writings collated in this volume are unique in their presentation of not only Marx’s critique of capitalism, but also his description of communist society. This comprehensive rediscovery of Marx’s ideas on alienation provides an indispensable critical tool for both understanding the past and the critique of contemporary society.

Author : Mike Healy
Publisher : University of Westminster Press
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-16
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781912656806

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Marx and Digital Machines by Mike Healy Pdf

This book explores the fundamental contradiction at the heart of the digital environment: technology offers all manner of promises, yet habitually fails to deliver. This failure often arises from numerous problems: the proficiency of the technology or end-user, policy failure at various levels, or a combination of these. Solutions such as better technology and more effective end-user education are often put into place to solve these failures. Mike Healy argues that such approaches are inherently faulty drawing upon qualitative research informed by Marx’s theory of alienation. Using Marx’s theory, he considers participants in three distinct settings: the workplace of information and communications technology (ICT) professionals; university scholars researching the ethical and societal implications of our digital environment; and a group of pensioners living in South London, UK, undertaking ICT training. By delving beneath the surface of how digital technologies are created, researched and experienced, this study illustrates the contradictory nature of our digital lives, as they directly arise from the needs of capitalism. The book also places Marx’s theory in contrast to the mainstream approaches derived from Seaman and Blauner. In researching and comprehending ICT, this book reaffirms the superior explanatory power of Marx’s theory of alienation.

Author : A. Wendling
Publisher : Springer
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2009-03-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230233997

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Karl Marx on Technology and Alienation by A. Wendling Pdf

The author draws on lesser known archival materials, including Marx's notebooks on women and patriarchy and technology to offer a new interpretation of Marx's concept of alienation as this concept develops in his later works.

Author : Dan Swain
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Alienation (Philosophy)
ISBN : 1905192924

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Alienation by Dan Swain Pdf

We live in a world in which human capacity to transform and control our lives has never been greater. Yet for most people the world is radically outside of their control. Their lives are dictated by the demands of employers and politicians. This is the phenomenon of alienation that the young radical Karl Marx began to diagnose in the early 1840s and remained pre-occupied with throughout his life.This accessible guide to the central aspect of Marx's philosophy takes the reader through the development of the concept and its relevence today.

Author : Nicholas Churchich
Publisher : Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0838633722

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Marxism and Alienation by Nicholas Churchich Pdf

An exposition and critique of the views of Marx and Marxists in which Marx's views are compared with other views and are explored in terms of theories, causes, and the transcendence of alienation; self-alienation and self-realization; and economic, religious, philosophic, scientific, social, and political alienation.

Author : Sean Sayers
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2011-07-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1137379855

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Marx and Alienation by Sean Sayers Pdf

The concepts of alienation and its overcoming are central to Marx's thought. They underpin his critique of capitalism and his vision of future society. Marx's ideas are explained in rigorous and clear terms. They are situated in the context of the Hegelian ideas that inspired them and put into dialogue with contemporary debates.

Author : Bertell Ollman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 052129083X

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Alienation by Bertell Ollman Pdf

Revised throughout with an entirely new chapter, "In Defense of Internal Relations," and with replies to critical comments on the 1st edition, which the N.Y. Review of Books called "a remarkable book...brilliant and illuminating."

Author : Ernest Mandel,George Novack
Publisher : Pathfinder Press (NY)
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0873482301

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The Marxist Theory of Alienation by Ernest Mandel,George Novack Pdf

"Is alienation, or estrangement from one's fellow human beings, an innate and inevitable condition of human existence? The authors of this book say no. They explain that alienation is rooted in the development of class society itself, in the alienation of labor under all systems of private property from slavery to capitalism, where the products of the hands and minds of the vast majority are taken from them and controlled by the propertied class. Mandel and Novack argue that alienation can be overcome through the revolutionary fight for a society both free of domination by the capitalist class, and with complete democratic control of the government and economy by working people" -- Back cover.

Author : Jon Elster
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1986-07-25
Category : History
ISBN : 052133831X

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An Introduction to Karl Marx by Jon Elster Pdf

A critical introduction to Marx's social, political and economic thought that stresses the relevance and importance of many of the philosopher's theories. It can be considered a standard basic reference work for the study of Marx in conjunction with the author's companion selection of Marx's writings, Karl Marx: A Reader.

Author : Ernest Mandel,George Edward Novack
Publisher : Pathfinder Press (NY)
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105036620420

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The Marxist Theory of Alienation by Ernest Mandel,George Edward Novack Pdf

Alienation from one's fellow human beings is rooted in the development of class society itself, the authors argue. It can be overcome only through the revolutionary fight for a society both free of domination by the capitalist class, and with complete democratic control of the government and economy by working people.

Author : George C. Comninel
Publisher : Springer
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2018-08-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137575340

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Alienation and Emancipation in the Work of Karl Marx by George C. Comninel Pdf

This book considers Karl Marx’s ideas in relation to the social and political context in which he lived and wrote. It emphasizes both the continuity of his commitment to the cause of full human emancipation, and the role of his critique of political economy in conceiving history to be the history of class struggles. The book follows his developing ideas from before he encountered political economy, through the politics of 1848 and the Bonapartist “farce,”, the maturation of the critique of political economy in the Grundrisse and Capital, and his engagement with the politics of the First International and the legacy of the Paris Commune. Notwithstanding errors in historical judgment largely reflecting the influence of dominant liberal historiography, Marx laid the foundations for a new social theory premised upon the historical consequences of alienation and the potential for human freedom.

Author : István Mészáros
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : STANFORD:36105041807202

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Marx's Theory of Alienation by István Mészáros Pdf

Author : Kōstas Axelos
Publisher : Austin : University of Texas Press
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UOM:39015000696446

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Alienation, Praxis, and Technē in the Thought of Karl Marx by Kōstas Axelos Pdf

"Originally published in French in 1961, this book is one of the standard works on the question of alienation in Marx. In his study of Marx and the role of technology in the modern world, Kostas Axelos interprets Marx from his own distinctive, thought-provoking, philosophical position. Made available now in the translation by Ronald Bruzina, the book provides a meaningful interpretation of Marx and an introduction to Axelos's own philosophical thought" -- Book jacket.

Author : Rahel Jaeggi
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2014-08-26
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780231537599

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Alienation by Rahel Jaeggi Pdf

The Hegelian-Marxist idea of alienation fell out of favor after the postmetaphysical rejection of humanism and essentialist views of human nature. In this book Rahel Jaeggi draws on the Hegelian philosophical tradition, phenomenological analyses grounded in modern conceptions of agency, and recent work in the analytical tradition to reconceive alienation as the absence of a meaningful relationship to oneself and others, which manifests in feelings of helplessness and the despondent acceptance of ossified social roles and expectations. A revived approach to alienation helps critical social theory engage with phenomena such as meaninglessness, isolation, and indifference. By severing alienation's link to a problematic conception of human essence while retaining its social-philosophical content, Jaeggi provides resources for a renewed critique of social pathologies, a much-neglected concern in contemporary liberal political philosophy. Her work revisits the arguments of Rousseau, Hegel, Kierkegaard, and Heidegger, placing them in dialogue with Thomas Nagel, Bernard Williams, and Charles Taylor.

Author : Richard Hall
Publisher : Springer
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2018-08-25
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783319943046

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The Alienated Academic by Richard Hall Pdf

Higher education is increasingly unable to engage usefully with global emergencies, as its functions are repurposed for value. Discourses of entrepreneurship, impact and excellence, realised through competition and the market, mean that academics and students are increasingly alienated from themselves and their work. This book applies Marx’s concept of alienation to the realities of academic life in the Global North, in order to explore how the idea of public education is subsumed under the law of value. In a landscape of increased commodification of higher education, the book explores the relationship between alienation and crisis, before analysing how academic knowledge, work, identity and life are themselves alienated. Finally, it argues that through indignant struggle, another world is possible, grounded in alternative forms of organising life and producing socially-useful knowledge, ultimately requiring the abolition of academic labour. This pioneering work will be of interest and value to all those working in the higher education sector, as well as those concerned with the rise of neoliberalism and marketization within universities.