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Sociological Thought

notes In this relation craftsman is also a rattle which a capitalists plays according to his will. Rattle in itself
is nothing. In capitalistic system craftsman is only a stranger. He has no power (powerless).
Marx in first bookbinding of Capital describes Alienated Labor thoroughly.

Did You Know? The saying of theory ideologists like Irving M. Zeitlin is that it will not be
inappropriate if Marx had kept the title of Capital book, Alienation.

In Capital, Marx told briefly that capitalistic system develops equally and the reason for this is
increasing manufacturing power and basic manufacturing relation. In this context Marx established in
Capital that there is a great change in conditions of life along with the development of capitalism. As
the wings of capitalism stretch their wings so is the alienation comes in labours working in factories
and mills. Worker thinks equivalently under the puff of smoke of mills, in this complete arrangement
I am just a moving Cog whose presence or absence doesn’t matter. I am only a Gram which cannot
bust the furnace. Marx puts this compulsion of worker under the alienation of labours. The problem
of alienation is related to this like class system and so we analyzed it under class.

meaning of alienation

In English Alienation is used for the word “Algaav”. This is not that it is used only by Marxist, Non-
Marxist also used this word. In 20 century this word was used in the dictionary of philosophy.
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Although it was used before, also in philosophy and outside philosophy. It comes in dictionary as
an idea for the first time in the middle of this century. When it was used for non-philosophical use
then it meant for the severance of relations. In Economy and law when the property was transferred
from one hand to another then Alienation word was used. For example, selling of thing, stealing of
thing, present anybody all these meanings comes under alienation. Marx was the first person who
rated this idea as Philosophy. In Christian religion the origin of this term is related to the meaning
of liberation of sins.

Notes Some thinkers say that the first impression of Alienation post is seen in old
Testament of western thinking.

Philosophers found the origination of use of Alienation in the thinking of Unani Plato. Russeau also
used it. After Hegel,Marx for the first time tried to put this post in proper form at scientific basis. After
Hegel, Feuerbach also used this idea. He used this post for those, disinclined from religion.
There is always diversity in the idea of Alienation. With this diversity also, in the last analysis,
Alienation is that stage in which the person disinclined from himself also. The position of alienation
is that in which a person gets refrain from his essence or his nature. In other words, when a person
was in the position of self Alienation then he does the following actions and these actions are his
Alienation:
1. Such persons get separated from their human nature.
2. Such persons get away from themselves, from their work routine and from their life activities
also. In spite of living they remain unaware of their social and financial life.
3. This unawareness can reach such level that they do not connect their body with themselves
and their complete soul becomes numb.

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