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Capitalism and alienation: Towards a Marxist theory of alienation for the 21st century [PDF]

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Social Theory, 2021
Alienation is among the most influential terms in Marxist theory, but also one of the most ambiguous and controversial. Unlike previous literature, which has tended to focus on Marx’ early philosophical writings, this offers a novel reinterpretation of ...
Emil Øversveen
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Universal Alienation

open access: yestripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique, 2018
This article is part of a debate between David Harvey, Michael Hardt and Toni Negri. It takes Marx’s bicentenary as occasion for an update of his concept of alienation. The paper asks: how are we to interpret universal alienation and from whence does it
David Harvey
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Recurrent Misinformation Regarding Parental Alienation Theory

open access: yesThe American journal of family therapy, 2021
Misinformation regarding parental alienation theory has been published many times in journals and books since the 1980s. This article discusses a specific example of misinformation, i.e., variations of the statement: Parental alienation theory assumes ...
W. Bernet
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An investigation into barriers to student engagement in Higher Education: Evidence supporting 'the psychosocial and academic trust alienation theory’

open access: yesAdvances in Educational Research and Evaluation, 2021
The purpose of this research was to examine the new concept of, ‘psychosocial and academic trust alienation theory’; the potential influence of self-concept, self-esteem and trust as barriers to student engagement.
C. Jones
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Alienation Is Not ‘Bullshit’: An Empirical Critique of Graeber’s Theory of BS Jobs

open access: yesWork, Employment and Society, 2021
David Graeber’s ‘bullshit jobs theory’ has generated a great deal of academic and public interest. This theory holds that a large and rapidly increasing number of workers are undertaking jobs that they themselves recognise as being useless and of no ...
M. Soffia, A. Wood, B. Burchell
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Labour, capital and the struggle over history: Reconstructing Marxist class theory from the standpoint of alienation

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Social Theory, 2022
During the last decade, class analysis has been re-invigorated as a response to increasing economic inequality, social fragmentation and political unrest.
Emil Øversveen, Conor A. Kelly
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Social Alienation and Tendency Toward Risky Behavior: A Case Study of the City of Mashhad [PDF]

open access: yesپژوهشنامه مددکاری اجتماعی, 2016
Social Alienation and Tendency Toward Risky Behavior: A Case Study of the City of Mashhad Zakieh Nateghi[1]  ,  Seyed Alireza Afshani[2]   Abstract Regarding the increase in the incidence of risky behavior among young people, the present study has ...
zakiye Nateghi, SeyedAlireza Afshani
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Alienation as a source of political decomposition of society [PDF]

open access: yesSociološki Pregled, 2022
There are plenty of challenges brought by modern society. Globalisation, modernisation, transition processes, social conflicts and off-the-charts development of technology have resulted in the world changing at overwhelming rates on a daily basis.
Matić Petar M., Stojadinović Miša S.
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Günther Anders’ Theory of Media and Communication: Developing a Conception of Technological Domination, Alienation and Ideology with Marx beyond Marx [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
In this thesis, I contribute to the emergent English-language scholarship on little-known 20th century German-Austrian philosopher Günther Anders (1902-1992), whose work is unique for its critical focus on technology.
Marino, O.
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Higher education students: barriers to engagement; psychological alienation theory, trauma and trust: a systematic review

open access: yesPerspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 2020
This paper is a systematic review of the UK Widening Participation (WP), Higher Education (HE) student demographic. It argues that the presence of traumatic emotional experiences in WP student populations connected to psychosocial and academic trust ...
C. Jones, Zoë Nangah
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