Directions: Write a properly formatted APA essay of at least 6 paragraphs (paragraphs should be no less than 6 sentences) using the topics listed below to keep your paper organized.
Three Topic Paragraphs:
1. Define Alienation as described by Marx and list the four types.
2. In the next 4 paragraphs give an example of how you may have experienced alienation in the workplace or in school as based on each of the types of alienation.
For example: "Alienation from the work itself: As a student in high school, the work I was charged to complete was not of interest to me. How I did the work, what I did, and the medium I used was forced on me. My teachers could have offered options, or at the very least allowed the opportunity to deviate from their planned curriculum occasionally. For some of these reasons, I felt I was simply a cog in the machine called high school. I felt like I didn't matter and the work I was assigned also didn't matter. This is one of the few reasons why I ended up dropping out of school. I felt that the work I completed, or didn't complete, was of no use. My original thoughts were not encouraged and my creativity was not welcomed…"
3. Paragraph 5 – Close your essay by summarizing what you have learned about alienation. After reading the lecture notes/links, watching the video, and reflecting on your work, how does learning about alienation make you a better person?
NOTES:
Karl Marx is a Social Conflict Sociologist. This macro perspective means he viewed the world as parts that move together, but those parts are sometimes treated unfairly. In other words, the Social Conflict approach to sociology focuses on how inequality creates conflict and causes change in a society. One of the many ways of looking at how power is distributed unequally is in the workplace. Marx examines how capitalists (those who are owners of businesses) treat proletarians (those who trade in their labor for money). He argued that workers (proletarians) are alienated from their work in four ways.
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