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Alienation Theory and Ideology in Dialogue

Rethinking Marxism, 2017
Marx’s formulation of alienation theory creates a clear rupture from the work of German idealistic philosophers, unveiling the possibility of new theoretical investigations—the critique of political economy. This essay discusses the potential relationship between alienation and ideology in order to reveal their possibly tight and deep bonds. It reveals
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Responding to Criticisms of Alienation Theory

2023
A great deal of time has elapsed since Marx first laid down his ideas on alienation in the Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts in 1844. A considerable volume of scholarship, theorization and empirical work on Marx and alienation has occurred since then, alongside various waves of theories and other work within the social sciences.
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Is Alienation Theory Still Relevant?

2023
The question arises is alienation a redundant concept? As Ricoeur (1968) observed, alienation is so semantically overridden it has become rendered meaningless. Or it has perhaps been superseded by concepts more capable of analysing the textures of contemporary capitalism, with its flows and relationships and formations of new subjectivities as ...
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Rahel Jaeggi’s theory of alienation

History of the Human Sciences, 2021
Rahel Jaeggi’s theory of alienation has received less attention than her work on forms of life and capitalism. This theory avoids the problems of traditional theories of alienation: objectivism, paternalism, and essentialism. It also sidesteps post-structuralist criticisms of the theory of alienation.
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Using Marx's theory of alienation empirically

Theory and Society, 1976
Although there is a very large literature concerning Marx’s theory of alienation, there is unfortunately little agreement about precisely what the theory is, let alone how best to use it in empirical research. The purpose of the present paper is to try and identify the major issues concerning the theory, and, through a critical examination of existing ...
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The alienness of the unconscious: on Laplanche’s theory of seduction

Journal of Analytical Psychology, 2002
In this paper the author uses a clinical example as a focus for an exploration of his thesis that the parent is the ‘other’ who implants his or her unconscious message into the child by means of seduction. As the other is alien, the unconscious of the child cannot any longer be considered the centre of the person but is decentred by the implanted ...
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Theories of Alienation

Theories of alienation had a long history, burgeoned since the 1960s, yet almost disappeared in recent decades – but in his book, Christoph Henning brings these theories back on the agenda, to better account for contemporary social pathologies. Feelings of estrangement, of not feeling at home in the world, in one’s own body or surroundings, are ...
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A Theory of Prudential Alienation

Abstract The concept of alienation plays a central role in philosophical theorizing about welfare. One of the most important and widely held doctrines about well-being is the alienation constraint, which says that you cannot be alienated from that which is basically good for you.
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The Consolation-Prize Theory of Alienation

American Journal of Sociology, 1990
According to the consolation-prize theory of alienation, low-status people feel less distressed by their situation when they reject responsibility for outcomes in their own lives. Recent evidence suggests this is false. Studies do not find that blaming chance, fate, or powerful others reduces the distress associated with low status.
John Mirowsky, Catherine E. Ross
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Karl Marx's Theory of Alienation

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2020
Alienation is characterized as alienated labor. The alienated labor in Karl Marx's Manuscripts refers to forced and involuntary labor in which the worker finds no purpose, no pleasure or contentment, no needs fulfilment, no independence or power, no mental growth or physical development.
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