Marx's theory of alienation

Introduction Max Weber, born on April 21, 1864, was a German social scientist and the founder of modern sociological thought. Having a father who was an active lawyer in political life influenced him to attend Heidelberg University and to major in law, history, economics, as well as philosophy. After later continuing his studies at the Universities of Berlin and Göttingen, he managed to pass his bar examination in 1866 and he decided to practice law for a short period of time. In 1889, he…

According to Elijah Pryor in an article he wrote in the London Progressive Journal titled Climate Change and Marxism “Marx’s materialist concept of alienation can be related to that of the decline of empathy for the environment by society due to capitalism’s search for profit”(5). With the rise of industrial revolution it can explain how pollution started increasing tremendously. Globalization…

float in the conventional stream of social science. Burawoy was by no means a conventional social scientist, but the lack of subjectivity did constitute a significant lacuna for him. In a review of Labor and Monopoly Capital, he wrote: Labor-process theory suffered from an objectivist bias. . . . As many studies demonstrated, labor control was not only about constraint but also about eliciting consent to managerial goals. The workplace becomes an arena of struggle for shaping subjectivities—it…

As one of the most influential figures in theatre, Bertolt Brecht has stamped his legacy in the world theatre. His search for anew kind of theatre made his theatre a modern avant-garde whichhas left its traces in postmodern theatres. This paper tries toinvestigate Brecht’s epic theatre as a modern avant-garde and itsinfluence in postmodern theatre. His epic theatre was in fact a revoltagainst the main stream modern theatre in which Brecht openlydeclares that theatre should be ‘political.’…

Based on Marx’s concepts in Marxist criticisms written in the theoretical framework above, the Marxism of the necklace will be analyzed. 3.1 Economic Power in “The Necklace” “The Necklace” short story gives us clear image about society in which the distribution of goods are unfair. Mathilde described as a woman who has no skill or even commodity to sell for. She has only beautiful face and appearance that she uses to attract her husband who has similar status to her. She has no access to join…

Capitalism is the dominant economic system of the West by which production is privately owned and income is distributed through free markets. This exists in contrast to many Eastern countries that believe that production of good is best controlled by the state. The idea that the state and not the individual should be the one controlling production comes from the roots of the philosopher Karl Marx. Marx foresaw a world without the use of money, without a modern caste system with class divisions,…

The idea of natural constraints, or instinctive urges as part of human nature are principles in both Catholicism and Marxism. Catholics recognise the Marxist idea of natural constraints, such as hunger. Catholics believe that these needs are not necessarily sinful, but the satisfaction of these urges at the expense of others, such as greed and selfishness, are sinful. While Catholics believe that the only way to overcome sin is through God, Marxism states that natural constraints are overcome by…

desires and stances that align with their attitudes. The main idea behind expressivisim is that they use moral statements to express their approval or disapproval of actions and desires that it be or not be performed. However, the problem with the theory remains in the fact that sometimes moral statements begin to be used in ways that do not express attitudes and fail to make sense in accordance with standard agreements and moral disagreements. In Part Two, I addressed MacIntyre’s interpretation…

It is not uncommon for one to lose themselves in a crowd, enveloped by the crowd's collective mentality. When the individual is consumed by the crowd that individual becomes impenitent for the individual cannot be condemned if they were just another member of the crowd. For it is individuals who are condemned, not crowds, and in that moment they are one with the crowd. Kierkegaard argued how this loss of responsibility for one's actions within a crowd, meant the crowd to be untrue. Untrue in…

Alongside love and tragedy, class is one of the key themes in both Atonement and The Great Gatsby. Whilst there are some clear holes in Briony and Nick’s narrative reliability, readers can still gain an insight into the portrayal of class. Ideas such as class segregation, the rich’s hollowness, and class consciousness are presented through numerous techniques. These include narrative bias, metaphorical settings, and character foreboding. Fitzgerald and McEwan alike reflect their narrators as…