The Importance of Separation in Marxism

The concept of alienation originates in Marx's 1844 manuscripts, which are some of his early work. The ability to project ourselves outside of ourselves through work is a beautiful part of what it means to be human, according to Marx. And so the point is not so much to get away from work, but to work in such a way that we achieve that world building function under conditions of capital.

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