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Alienation, Community, and Work (Hardcover, New)
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In recent years there has been a resurgence of interest in
alienation by writers throughout the world. At least in the
economically advanced nations, one reason for the rediscovery of
alienation is the need for a term to denote the relatively new
phenomenon of dissatisfaction in the midst of material prosperity
and political freedom. The contributors to this volume collectively
seek a concept of alienation that will be a useful tool in social
diagnosis--a key to identifying causes of undesirable social
conditions. The result is a collection of essays in policy-oriented
social theory, keyed to problems of modern life at the end of the
twentieth century and written from richly diverse cultural,
political, and philosophical backgrounds. The linchpin of the
volume is the essay by Melvin Seeman, which discusses and connects
two distinct approaches to alienation theory, one that emphasizes
subjective feelings and one that emphasizes social structures as
definitive of alienation. The other essays range from theoretical
critiques of Marxist and Durkheimian explanations, to the role of
alienation in political systems in East and West, to empirical
studies in Swedish factories and among Israeli kibbutzim. In all
the essays, the idea of alienation as a loss of the sense of
belonging to community plays a role. Some of the essays are
critical of a communitarian approach, some deal with it obliquely
and others overtly espouse it. All are policy oriented, suggesting
explicitly or indirectly work- and community- dealienation
strategies for modern industrial societies. This book is useful as
a supplementary text in social and political philosophy courses,
and sociology and social psychology courses dealing with urban
problems.
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