Date of Award
1977
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Derfler, Leslie
Abstract
With the discovery of Marx's Theory of Alienation (1932), it has become necessary to revise much of what passes for Marxism. Questions over the unity of the theory and practice of socialist parties must be raised. No longer able to claim that 'alienation' is peculiar to capitalism, socialist parties have had to re-establish both their objectives and methods of organization. Marx's critique of capitalism on the basis of alienated relations is also valid when applied to the state controlled economies of socialist systems. Thus by interpreting Marx's mature works (namely Capital) in the light of his philosophical synthesis of subject-object internal relations, this paper presents some of the theoretical and political implications of Marx's theory for socialist movements.
Extent
84 p.
Recommended Citation
HYATT, MARIA EUGENIA, "MARX'S THEORY OF ALIENATION: A CRITERION FOR HISTORICAL EVALUATION AND A TOOL FOR CHANGING THE COURSE OF HISTORY" (1977). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 1970 - 1979. 560.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_2/560
Identifier
FADT13845
Comments
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1977.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters