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