ALIENATION – FROM THE PERSPECTIVES OF MARX AND ROUSSEAU

Abstract

Marx and Rousseau both belong to figures in history that have philosophized and put into action plans and programs that demonstratively distorted the face of politics and history. Their theory of alienation affixes value to things that advance human freedom, well-being and development. Each deliberate a set of ideology which would guide their various societies to complete political reform, stepping away from established model of political run to new models which they alleged better represents man. Marx believes that alienation depraves us of good genuine lives, It restrictions our capabilities and don’t permit us to realize our complete potentials. Marx further alleged that alienation is a negative and unnatural aspect of capitalism and worker exploitation. Rousseau on hand disagrees; he feels that it is the positive product of social order, in a social order which is the good of the people. The paper explores the concept of Alienation from Marx and Rousseau perspective.