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Sukanya Das, Lovely Professional University Unit-11: Alienation in Capitalistic Society

unit-11: alienation in capitalistic society notes

contents
Objectives
Introduction

11.1 Subject Matter
11.2 Summary
11.3 Keywords
11.4 Review Questions
11.5 Further Readings

objectives

After studying this unit, the students will be able to:
y Understand the meaning of Alienation,
y Know the specialties of Alienation,
y Knowledge of different pattern of Alienation.

introduction

The literal meaning of Alienation is “to separate”. Marx gave this word a sociological meaning.
The intention of Marx with the idea of alienation is of the composition of such type of society in
which the manufacturer remains deprived of the material of manufacturing and in which the “dead
labour”(money) has dominance over “live labour” (labour). Labour cannot used the manufactured
thing for his use. The composition made by him becomes a thing which gets separated from its maker.
For artisan is becomes deeper for the object to separate when in the factory manufacturing work is
distributed in different parts and the artisan only gets the small section of the complete work. The
work of labor becomes just like a machine and he loose the power to work thoughtfully. Marx has
given detailed and systematic description of this idea under the title “Fatisism of Commodity and
Money” in ‘Capital’ (1861-1879).

11.1 subject matter

In capitalistic system, whether it be in any part of the world the position of artisan is just like that of
stones installed in the frames of any buildings which a craftsman if wants can put it on the floor or if
wants can add up on the spitting stand. These frames of stone are glassy. They are pitcher and sculpted
for this only so that a craftsman can put them anywhere according to his will. One progressive poet
of Hindi Dushyant says that in capitalistic arrangement a person is only a rattle which can be played
anywhere without worrying of any person.
Play as you wish, in this gathering
We are not men, we are a rattle.

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