Alienation Essay

Inspired by Joel Bakan’s book, “The Corporation: The Pathologic Pursuit of Profit and Power”, The Corporation is an evoking documentary that presents the history of the corporation and the role it plays in society and our daily lives. The documentary presents the corporation as a paradox: “an institution that creates great wealth but causes enormous and often hidden harms.” Originally, corporations were gifts from people to serve the public. After the civil war, corporation lawyers gained rights…

values illustrated in texts, The Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger effectively demonstrates significant ideas. Using the protagonist, Holden Caulfield, notions of alienation and belonging in a conservative society, the awareness of aging and transition into adulthood and the different forms of grief and depression are expressed. Alienation through isolation is a recurring ideology in Catcher in the Rye. Within the span of four days, the sense of belonging in a traditional and guarded era is…

Voluntary association can help the community stay organized, and give people a chance to understand each other while agreeing on rules and laws that will govern their society. Although it may seem similar when Marx suggests that the key to eliminating alienation is also through bringing people together; yet this kind of solidarity is different, it can be referred to as unification according to class, mainly the working class against the bourgeoisie. Marx believes that once the working class…

Annotated Bibliography of Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man Bloom, Harold. Alienation. Ed. Blake Hobby. New York: Bloom's Literary Criticism, 2009. Print. Harold Bloom discusses the concept of alienation which the Invisible Man struggles with during his progression through young adulthood. The characterization of the narrator is compared to and appears to have inspiration from important American figures, including Frederick Douglas and Thomas Jefferson, whom both see a need for change. Bloom also…

In the institution of corrections, techniques of demonization and exceptionalism are utilized to create an atmosphere of crisis which confer a morally privileged status whereby this institution can better advance its interest. While these techniques are effective in propagating their agenda, at times the techniques applied appear troublesome whether purposely or inadvertently. Moreover, an occupational culture exists within the correctional field which sometimes has different norms of behavior…

voting as their preferences are not always represented. On the classical republican side, it is an issue because as voters become more alienated, they fail to do their duty and become less virtuous citizens. As Callander & Wilson (2007) showed this alienation and polarization may be linked to the voting system we use, which is a plurality rule system. As they noted Duverger's Law suggests that the only result in a plurality single member district system is two ideologically opposite parties.…

self and consciousness of a person as opposed to resorting the natural overarching structures of the world’s view of literature. Rather than the promotion of growth of an individual, its purpose is more dependent on the idea of decay and a growing alienation, which both discussed protagonists are known for. War greatly influenced this way of thinking and fueled people to view the world with such an antagonistic effect on the artistic impulse. Salinger and Plath’s writing surrounded these…

The philosophical readings “Estranged Labor” and “The Meaning of Human Requirements” published by Karl Marx during 19th century lead to socialist revolutions all throughout Europe and the world. “Estranged Labor” discusses the complexity of labor and the exploitation of the worker by the factory owner. The truth of work becoming your life reveals itself from the behind the capitalist shadow that has created this economic exploitation. The laborer creates something from inorganic matter, but…

Cassy Kelly Sociological Theory 5/11/15 Various sociological theories have gone on to shape and mold our society into what is today. Sociology became a science of society in the 18th century. However, it wasn 't until the 19th century that it became systemized. Sociology can be defined as the study of social problems. Studying the development, structure, and functioning of a society is greatly beneficial to those living there. Despite the fact that various sociological theories have…

information against the current values of the church-influenced Quebecois government. As Quebec was alienated from the rest of Canada's collective movement towards reformation, Herve was also suffering from personal alienation because his values did not align with the ones of the church. His alienation was also shown through his interpersonal communication struggles and also through the author's choice of writing the novel through a series of Herve's diary entries. He is a character who was…