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The Future of Alienation

Richard Schacht author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:University of Illinois Press

Published:1st Sep '94

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Sheds important light upon aspects of life in the modern world and upon our human predicament

Includes essays which call for a rethinking of a variety of forms of alienation in light of contemporary dynamics and an understanding of the dialectic of human selfhood and social participation.Richard Schacht has long argued that alienation theory can shed important light upon aspects of life in the modern world and upon our human predicament. The essays here call for a rethinking of a variety of forms of alienation in light of contemporary dynamics and a clearer understanding of the dialectic of human selfhood and social participation.
 
They call for a renewed interest in alienation theory; they counter the myth that, with the collapse of the Soviet empire, Marx's thinking has been "refuted"; and they argue for an enhanced sensitivity to the problem of how we describe, interpret, and evaluate the world around us in light of the complexity and diversity that alienation theory reveals.
 

ISBN: 9780252063862

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm

Weight: 286g

184 pages