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#alienation
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Marx’s alienation and the gig economy
In the Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844, Marx describes four aspects of alienated labour: the worker is alienated from the product, from the activity of working, from their "species-being" (our nature as freely creative producers), and from other people. Delivery riders…
Started by Javier Morales5 replies224 views -
What makes a job meaningful? Notes from a job centre
Philosophers have called work a curse, a calling and a site of alienation. Sitting in Berlin's job centres has convinced me that meaning in work is less a private feeling than a social structure.
Started by Johanna Reinhardt0 replies148 views