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Unit-11: Alienation in Capitalistic Society

4. Alienation is such destructive situation in which the person gets away from other person or notes
persons; he doesn’t know what is happening around him. He does not bother even when
the joints and parts of his body start breaking. In capital management, the worker does not
connect himself with the manufacturing and the profit associated with it. He does not have
any concern with the profit or loss. He will only get his daily wages or salary.
5. Alienation is De-humanisation of a person. From many forms of Alienation Marx discussed
the basic type. According to Marx, Alienation is that condition in which the worker keeps
himself apart from the things he manufactured. He thought him slave, feel powerless and
aware of himself he just gets involved in manufacturing.
According to the idea of Marx the development of Alienation is done in various stages. First stage
is that when he normally give his contribution in the manufacturing in the factory. At this stage
there is no feeling of Alienation. Slowly-slowly he feels that the profit of his owner is increased day
by day whereas his condition is getting worst. His living condition gets worst. At this situation he
feels alienation for himself. This Alienation is self alienation third stage comes when many workers
likes him starts feeling Alienation. Now the Alienation of workers does not remain of one person,
becomes Alienation of workers themselves. A fourth stage also comes when the feeling of labour in
whole workers becomes very high. In this condition there is an appeal of Radical change. Workers
gets collected and such type of environment establishes that it finalizes that for the eradication of
Capitalization revolution is the only solution. Persons feels new energy at this stage, now he is not
powerless, he has the power to abolish Capitalization. Now Alienation reached at that level Which
Marx called De-Alienation. The complete idea of Alienation should be seen in its different stages.

controversy on alienation concept
Although Marx had taken the concept of Alienation from Hegel and preceding thinkers, its popularity
increases in philosophers and social scientists during the Second World War. Besides philosophers,
Marxist, psychologist, sociologist’s e.t.c. also writes on this concept. Really in the sixth century of this
era much literature has been collected on Alienation.. It also happens in this era that this concept comes
in controversy. Controversy arises on the meaning of Alienation within Marxist and Non-Marxist
also dose not gets off from this division.
In Marxist Luckas, Bloch, E.Fromm are senior writers. Luckas keeps the concept of Alienation in the
tradition of Hegel and Marx. Fromm says Alienation of Marx should be analyzed in view of psychology,
sociology and philosophy. Here Structuralist-Marxist in which Althusser is the main gives logic that
the reason for the Alienation is personal property, class, dominance, exploitation, and labour division.
Some Marxist writers are such who does not accept the concept of Alienation. Their saying is that
there is no historicity in Self-Alienation and therefore this concept becomes Non-Historic.
Non-Matrixst are also in the discussion of the concept of Alienation. In this regard the contribution of
Heidegger and Sartre is important. Satre is basically Existentialist, he see the Alienation in Existentialist
context and also discuss it in this context only. In Existentialist tradition, P.Tillich also described the
Alienation of Marx.
The concept of Alienation passes through many centuries of scholars. Marxist accepts this that the
analysis of class and labour strength cannot be done without the concept of Alienation, but he argued on
its historical and individual aspects. The literature available on Alienation .whether it be Marxist,Non-
Marxist or of Sociologist, some specialties are very cleared in that. Here we discussed them.

self-assessment

Fill in the blanks—
1. Fromm says Alienation of Marx should be analyzed in view of psychology, _____________
and philosophy .

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