in Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844where Marx outlines his theory of alienation writing, “The devaluation of the world of men is in direct proportion to the increasing value of the world of things. What does this mean?

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in Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844where Marx outlines his theory of alienation writing, “The devaluation of the world of men is in direct proportion to the increasing value of the world of things. What does this mean?

 

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The Economic and philosophic manuscripts also referred to as Paris or 1844 manuscripts it mainly compromises a series of notes mainly criticising bourgeois political and economic system, where working class went through alienation and estrangement by the capitalist class. He also states about the money and its power in the modern industrial society and how profit making is end in itself, hence money all becomes an end in itself. By Alienation he means the no control over ones product, no control over ones self, and mainly they are forced labor where they have no control over the means of production, the capitalists treat labourers as an alien. Private property is the utmost danger in capitalism as where only capitalist enjoy and deprive the working class for their own advantage. 

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