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HEGEL, MARX, NIETZSCHE, AND THE FUTURE OF SELF‐ALIENATION
Richard SchachtPolitics has been defined as “the art of the possible.” But where possibilities are concerned, choices must be made; and this leads us directly to value theory, as do both…
OBSOLESCENCE OF THE PRODUCTION PARADIGM?
Ludwig NaglIntroduction: Jürgen Habermas's Critique of the Alienation/De‐alienation Scheme Revisited
MARXIST THEORIES OF ALIENATION AND REIFICATION: THE RESPONSE TO CAPITALISM, STATE SOCIALISM AND THE ADVENT OF POSTMODERNITY
David SchweitzerMarx's formulation of the alienation problematic is grounded in a strategic set of underlying assumptions concerning the human condition. On the one hand, people are seen as the…
AUTONOMY, SOCIAL IDENTITIES, AND ALIENATION
Andrew Oldenquist“Community” and autonomy are both considered to be positive values; the problem is that they conflict. A communitarian theory of alienation and dealienation seeks to make societal…
STRUCTURE‐BLINDNESS: A NON‐IDEOLOGICAL COMPONENT OF FALSE CONSCIOUSNESS
René LevyMainstream sociology tends to consider mental processes and their underlying structures, including the perception of society, mainly to be a result of socialization, which is…
SYSTEMS, SITUATIONS AND THE INDIVIDUAL: AN INTEGRATED VIEW OF ALIENATION AS RELATED TO MIGRANTS
Devorah Kalekin‐FishmanStatistics of migration are gross indicators of the extent to which governments have persistently initiated and enabled (or prevented) in‐ and out‐migration (Castles, 1984;…
ALIENATION AS THE DENIAL OF AESTHETIC EXPERIENCE
Michael L. SchwalbeMarx's analysis of alienated labor still explains much about how the capitalist labor process shapes the thoughts and feelings of direct producers. But Marx's analysis fares less…
ALIENATION AND EVERYDAY LIFE: GOFFMAN MEETS MARX AT THE SHOPPING MALL
Lauren LangmanAlienation, a legacy of the Marxian Hegelian critique of domination, remains one of the most heuristic yet ambiguous concepts in social thought. Yet there endure questions of its…
Erratum
This article has been withdrawn as it was published elsewhere and accidentally duplicated. The original article can be seen here: 10.1108/01443589110005676. When citing the…
WORKERS‘ PARTICIPATION IN A SOCIALIST COUNTRY
Witold MorawskiAny discussion of the place of workers’ participation in a socialist country must simultaneously consider a few different dimensions:
ALIENATION AMONG ASIAN AND LATINO IMMIGRANTS IN THE LOS ANGELES GARMENT INDUSTRY: THE NEED FOR NEW FORMS OF CLASS STRUGGLE IN THE LATE TWENTIETH CENTURY
Edna BonacichAccording to Marx, capitalism leads to the alienation of people from their work, from the product of their work, and from other people (Oilman, 1976:133–4). These characteristics…
ALIENATION AND THE LIMITS OF DEMOCRACY: THE CASE OF ARGENTINA
Martha E. GimenezOver the years Latin American countries have had to endure harsh right wing dictatorships bent on preserving the status quo, while presumably “protecting” them from left wing…
BEYOND ALIENATION AND ANOMIE: THE EMANCIPATORY EFFICACY OF LIBERATION IDEOLOGIES IN SOUTH AFRICA
Mark OrkinThe Soweto revolt of 1976 was mounted by black students in South Africa mobilized under the banner of the Black Consciousness (BC) ideology. However, when thousands of these…
CHANGES IN THE METHODOLOGY OF ALIENATION RESEARCH
Walter R. HeinzMelvin Seeman (1989) has recently stated that nowadays the concept of alienation carries an antiquated meaning which is quite in contrast to its importance in the 1960s. There…
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