Summary Of Estranged Labor By Karl Marx
In this paper, we will evaluate alienation and its premises as presented in “Estranged Labor” by Karl Marx and few predicaments from his arguments. Although most of his the concept behind the alienation and how this term has come from the idea of capitalism.
Karl Marx begins
Karl Marx’s defines “alienation” by which laborers are estranged from their self-being because of capitalist. He then presents four types of alienation: The alienation of the worker from the work he produced, the alienation of the worker from working, alienation of the worker from himself as a producer and the alienation of the worker from other workers.
First, the notion behind the alienation of the worker from the work he produced, according to Karl Marx is:
“that the worker is related to the product of labour as to an alien object. For it is clear that, according to this premise, the more the worker exerts himself in his work, the more powerful the alien, objective world becomes which he brings into being over against himself, the poorer he and his inner world become, and the less they belong to him.”
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Capitalism, by definition, is an economic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of capital goods. Which means that the . The style and construction of a certain product is determined by the capitalists with accordance to the preference and desire of the customers in order to maximize profit. However, putting the entire decision-making power in hands of the capitalists in producing products separates all laborers from the connection from the work he or she produced as they are assigned with appointed with meaningless tasks making the long hours at work tedious, monotonous and dreary. This notion, in our opinion, is mostly applicable to the workers who had nothing to sell other than labor which is why we have come to argue with Karl’s
Karl Marx begins
Karl Marx’s defines “alienation” by which laborers are estranged from their self-being because of capitalist. He then presents four types of alienation: The alienation of the worker from the work he produced, the alienation of the worker from working, alienation of the worker from himself as a producer and the alienation of the worker from other workers.
First, the notion behind the alienation of the worker from the work he produced, according to Karl Marx is:
“that the worker is related to the product of labour as to an alien object. For it is clear that, according to this premise, the more the worker exerts himself in his work, the more powerful the alien, objective world becomes which he brings into being over against himself, the poorer he and his inner world become, and the less they belong to him.”
In Karl’s …show more content…
Capitalism, by definition, is an economic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of capital goods. Which means that the . The style and construction of a certain product is determined by the capitalists with accordance to the preference and desire of the customers in order to maximize profit. However, putting the entire decision-making power in hands of the capitalists in producing products separates all laborers from the connection from the work he or she produced as they are assigned with appointed with meaningless tasks making the long hours at work tedious, monotonous and dreary. This notion, in our opinion, is mostly applicable to the workers who had nothing to sell other than labor which is why we have come to argue with Karl’s