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Hegel & Marx: Theories of Alienation

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Please compare the main points of Hegel and Marx's theories of alienation.

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Theories of Alienation

Karl Marx: There are four types of alienations proceeding from the institution of the private property:
- alienation from work:
- alientation from the work's product;
- alienation of the human being from other human species;
- alienation of the human being from other human beings;

All those interconnected processes of alienation are possible because of the economic model instaured by the private property, which is the concentracion of the means of production in the restricted circle of an elite. The human being will no longer see work as a pleasure but as a ...

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