An assessment of the concept of alienation in marxist theories
Keywords:
Alienation, Marxism, Marx, Lukacs, Gramsci, Fromm, Haberma
Abstract
Alienation is one of the important concepts of social science which has been most studied in Marxism idealogy. The main purpose of the present paper is to review the opinion of Marxist sociologists on alienation. This paper has been compiled to answer the following question: What is self-alienation and what is the Marxists’ view about this complex concept? Regarding this matter, while reviewing the history of Alienation and its conceptual dimensions, theories of Karl Marx, George Lukacs, Antonio Gramsci, Erich Fromm, and Jurgen Habermas is examined. The research method used in this research is a descriptive and data collection method is librarian. The findings chart is plotted at the end of the paper.
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6. Rigauer, B. (2000). Marxist theories. Handbook of sports studies, 28-47.
7. Geyer, R. F., & Heinz, W. R. (Eds.). (1992). Alienation, society, and the individual: Continuity and change in theory and research (Vol. 11, No. 6-8). Transaction Publishers.
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Routledge.
9. Salleh, A. (2003). Ecofeminism as sociology. Capitalism Nature Socialism, 14(1), 61-74.
10. Seeman, M. (1959). On the meaning of alienation. American sociological review, 783-791.
11. Kanungo, R. N. (1979). The concepts of alienation and involvement revisited. Psychological bulletin, 86(1), 119.
12. Williamson, I., & Cullingford, C. (1997). The uses and misuses of ‘alienation’in the social sciences and education. British journal of educational studies, 45(3), 263-275.
13. Case, J. M. (2008). Alienation and engagement: Development of an alternative theoretical framework for understanding student learning. Higher Education, 55(3), 321-332.
14. Mouton, J., & Marais, H. C. (1988). Basic concepts in the methodology of the social sciences. HSRC Press.
15. Horowitz, I. L. (1966). On alienation and the social order. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 27(2), 230-237.
16. Scott, M. B. (1963). The social sources of alienation. Inquiry, 6(1-4), 57-69.
17. Kohn, M. L. (1976). Occupational structure and alienation. American Journal of Sociology, 82(1), 111-130.
18. Miller, J. (1975). Isolation in organizations: Alienation from authority, control, and expressive relations. Administrative Science Quarterly, 260-271.
19. Fischer, C. S. (1976). Alienation: trying to bridge the chasm. The British journal of sociology, 27(1), 35-49.
20. Martin, W. C., Bengtson, V. L., & Acock, A. C. (1974). Alienation and age: A context-specific approach. Social Forces, 53(2), 266-274.
21. Ziller, R. C. (2013). The Social Self: Pergamon General Psychology Series (Vol. 18). Elsevier.
22. Templeton, F. (1966). Alienation and political participation: Some research findings. Public Opinion Quarterly, 30(2), 249-261.
23. Williams, R., & Williams, R. H. (1977). Marxism and literature (Vol. 392). Oxford Paperbacks.
24. Cox, T., & Littlejohn, G. (2015). Kritsman and the Agrarian Marxists (RLE Marxism). Routledge.
25. Chun-hua, W. A. N. G. (2009). A Brief Analysis of Problems and causes in Idealogical Political Education for the College Student's Pioneering Work [J]. Journal of Zunyi Normal College, 4.
26. Corcoran, P. E. (1990). Introduction Karl Marx and historical inquiry.
27. Naarden, B. (1990). Marx and Russia. History of European ideas, 12(6), 783-797.
28. Gottheil, F. M. (1986). Marx versus Marxists on the role of military production in capitalist economies. Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, 8(4), 563-573.
29. Roemer, J. E. (1985). Should Marxists be interested in exploitation?. Philosophy & Public Affairs, 30-65.
30. Roemer, J. E. (1985). Should Marxists be interested in exploitation?. Philosophy & Public Affairs, 30-65.
31. Kingston, P. W. (1986, September). Resistance theory: How Marxists interpret student life. In Sociological Forum (Vol. 1, No. 4, pp. 717-725). Springer Netherlands.
32. Bradshaw, A. (1976). A Critique of Steven Lukes'Power: A Radical View'. Sociology, 10(1), 121-127.
33. Gurevitch, M., Bennett, T., Curran, J., & Woollacott, J. (Eds.). (1982). Culture, society and the media (Vol. 759). London: Methuen.
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2019-02-27
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Jourshari, A., & Haghighat, S. (2019). An assessment of the concept of alienation in marxist theories. Amazonia Investiga, 8(18), 471-482. Retrieved from https://www.amazoniainvestiga.info/index.php/amazonia/article/view/360
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