Discuss how work is viewed from a Marxian perspective

Question

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Answer 1

1. Karl Marx argued that humans, unlike lower animals, could make their work
meaningful by putting creativity and imagination into it. Work could be a source of
individual pride when one spent time creating a product from start to finish.
2. Once factory work came to dominate the workforce, it required people to repeat
mind-numbing tasks for hours on end for little pay, little respect, and no control over
their lives. This results in alienation, an emotional state in which people are estranged
from the social world and feel life is meaningless.
3. Using this idea as a springboard, sociologists have explained work as a game by
management in which employees are incentivized to compete with each other.
4. In addition, work has come under scientific management, which has led to de-
skilling, de-professionalization, and automation of jobs.