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Single Idea 24303

[catalogued under 24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 9. Communism]

Full Idea

Marx sees four types of alienation: from the product of labour, from the activity of work itself, from a worker's species-being [Gattungswesen, the distinctive human power], and from other humans.

Gist of Idea

Alienation is from the product, the work, the human achievement, and from fellow humans

Source

report of Karl Marx (Paris Manuscripts [1844]) by Jaime Edwards/Brian Leiter - Marx 1.4

A Reaction

[summary by PG] A helpful breakdown of the concept. It invites the question of whether the four are united, or whether some could occur without others. A happy team doing alienated labour; a dreary life doing something worthwhile.

Book Reference

Edwards,J/Leiter,B: 'Marx' [Routledge 2025], p.18