Define Marx’s concept of “species being.” Discuss its significance in relation to his concept of alienation. Use specific quotes from the “Economic Manuscripts” for support.
What will be an ideal response?
For the wage earner, work is alienating because it serves solely to provide the means (i.e., money) for maintaining her physical existence. Instead of labor representing an end in itself—an activity that expresses our capacity to shape our lives and our relationships with others—private ownership of the means of production reduces the role of the worker to that of a cog in a machine. The worker is an expendable object that performs routinized tasks. Put in another way, for Marx, working just for money—and not for the creative potential of labor it—is akin to selling your soul.
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a. the standard the poverty level is based on does not keep up with inflation. b. housing takes a bigger portion of family income than it used to. c. the Census count misses many poor people. d. All of the above
A formal organization characterized by a clearly defined hierarchy with a commitment to rules, efficiency, and impersonality is a:
a. bureaucracy b. coercive organization c. collectivist organization d. voluntary association
In 1970, feminist Kate Millet argued that sex was really about power and that, as long as men viewed women primarily as sexual creatures and women accepted this definition of themselves, men would dominate women. The work of Millet and other feminists led to defining which of the following as a new social problem?
A. sexism B. androgyny C. sexual preference D. abstinence
People may be missed by the census because they __________
A) are homeless B) have been at the same address for too long C) live in poor areas D) live in a gated community