Alienation from Species-being - Term Paper Example

Alienation from Species-being His/Her Inserts 28 April, Alienation from Species-being In philosophy and social sciences there are different meanings of alienation (estrangement).As someone become alien, to somebody or something due to acts or results of acts, is termed as alienation (Paul Edwards, 1967). Alienation is present where ever there is transformation (changing one form into another). According to Marx the effects of political and economic conditions results in alienation. The theory of alienation was developed by Marx to disclose the unfriendly human action in this dominating society.

He revealed that past human actions resulted in today’s independent and natural society (M Josephson, 1968). He also showed that the human actions are also responsible for shaping tension free future. According to him alienation is not embedded in the religion and minds instead it is embedded in this materialistic world. To him alienation means loss of control especially over labour. Like all other creatures, Humans need to work for their survival in this world. Marx gave us four elements of alienation and species being is one of that.

Labour produces poverty for workers but it is miracle for rich people. The capitalism has submerged the ability to work collectively and created the class division. For gaining profit we are deliberately destroying our nature for example the cheapest techniques of production results in acid rain which is harmful for ozone layer. In the same way when capitalist increases his production to gain profit he is unconsciously lowering the rate of profit for his class. In this race the production is more than demanded and as a result the workers were in loss.

The product is owned by capitalist that’s why workers are alienated from the product they manufactured (H Braverman, 1974). However, under capitalism, the workers cannot use the products they manufactured for example the workers who are involved in the manufacturing process of car cannot buy it and all this resulted in alienated activity (Harman, 1995). References Harman. Economics of the Madhouse. 1995. H Braverman. Labour and Monopoly Capitalism .Monthly Review Press. 1974. 80. M .Josephson.

Man Alone: Alienation in Modern Society. Dell Publishing Corporation. 1968. 12. Paul Edwards. The Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Vol.1. New York: The Macmillan Company 1967. 76.