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Marx on Alienation

One important reason Marx thought the revolution was inevitable was that in a capitalist society the labor force was alienated. But what is alienation? Jonathan Wolff briefly explains what Marx meant by alienated labor, as well as Marx's controversial vision of what non-alienated labor might be like. This comes from an episode of Philosophy Bites from a few years back: http://www.philosophybites.com/ Uploaded 08-07-21 #philosophy #marx #politicalphilosophy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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One important reason Marx thought the revolution was inevitable was that in a capitalist society the labor force was alienated. But what is alienation? Jonathan Wolff briefly explains what Marx meant by alienated labor, as well as Marx's controversial vision of what non-alienated labor might be like. This comes from an episode of Philosophy Bites from a few years back: http://www.philosophybites.com/

Uploaded 08-07-21

#philosophy #marx #politicalphilosophy



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