Karl Marx: Alienated Labor

Now that we have an understanding of what a species-being is, we now have the tools to examine all of the forms in which man can be alienated from his labor: the first form being “alienation from his product”. This form of “alienation from product” can be further subdivided into two categories: objectification and appropriation. [...]

Karl Marx: Species-Being

Karl Marx’s essay Alienated Labor presents one of Marx’s many critiques on the capitalist economic system. Instead of a criticism on whether or not the capitalist mode is an economically viable venture, Marx, in this essay, focuses on the relationship between man and his labor. More specifically, by first explicating the conception of a ‘species-being’, [...]