Alienation and Wellbeing

Chris Yuill (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

170 Seiten

2023
Bristol University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5292-1929-6 (ISBN)

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This book offers insights into the argument that capitalist society damages human health and well-being. Drawing on and bringing Marx's theory of alienation forward to the present day, it uniquely links it to well-being.

Marx argued that capitalist society acts against the core capacities, skills and talents of human beings, and that it also limits their realisation or channels them into activities related to profit rather than need.

Bringing Marx’s theory of alienation forward to the present day, this book uniquely links it to health and well-being. Using case studies and vignettes of workers across different industries, it reveals their lived experiences, offering crucial insights into the insidious ways in which capitalism continues to damage human well-being.

This is a resounding call for how society can change for the better.

Chris Yuill is Head of Sociology at Robert Gordon University.

Preface

1. What is Alienation?

2. Responding to Criticisms of Alienation Theory

3. Alienation and Wellbeing

4. Case Study: Social workers, the Compassionate Self, and Disappointed Jugglers

5. Is Alienation Theory Still Relevant?

6. Beyond Alienation?

Erscheinungsdatum	13.12.2023
Zusatzinfo	Not illustrated
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
ISBN-10	1-5292-1929-9 / 1529219299
ISBN-13	978-1-5292-1929-6 / 9781529219296
Zustand	Neuware