Marx's Philosophical Writings: Alienation
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The focus of Marx's philosophical writings is alienation. He
believes that social or psychological alienation arises out of economic or
material alienation. In other words, consciousness is determined by
material conditions, as opposed to the prevailing view of his day that said
that consciousne ....
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.... alienation) to the material
alienation of capitalism. Furthermore, he sees it as a cycle that can and
must be broken in order to allow us the full expression of our species
essence, which he describes as communal.
Marx sees material alienation as the cause of social or
psychological alienation. Material alienation he said is caused by the
existence of private property. Private property came into existence
through the (unequal) division of labor. Division of labor, therefore, is
th ....
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