Volume-XII, Special Issue, April 2026 |
মার্কস ও বিযুক্তিবাদ: সমসাময়িক প্রাসঙ্গিকতা সৌরভ মহান্ত, স্বাধীন গবেষক, বর্ধমান, পশ্চিমবঙ্গ, ভারত |
Received: 06.03.2026 | Accepted: 07.04.2026 | Published Online: 10.04.2026 | Page No: 179-188 | ||||
DOI: 10.29032/ijhsss.vol.12.issue.specialW.281 | |||||||
Marx and Alienation: Contemporary Relevance Sourav Mahanta, Research Scholar, Burdwan, West Bengal, India | ||
ABSTRACT | ||
In the 1840s, Marxism ignited a novel revolution in the history of human thought. Karl Marx constantly endeavored to view life and the world through a scientific lens; consequently, a clear sense of rationality and realism permeates all his doctrines. However, Marxism is not merely a dogma but a methodology. It is a dynamic social science and a result-oriented philosophy—an ideology that discovers the laws and patterns of development within the material world and human society through scientific methods, proposing social transformation based on those findings. Marxism is a holistic philosophy that seeks realistic answers to all questions regarding life and the world. It aims to understand the progression of human society from a scientific perspective, without relying on supernatural entities, myths, immutable essences, or a collection of idealistic narratives. One of its core tenets or theories is Alienation. Marx’s theory of alienation emerged from a specific historical and theoretical context. Looking back at history, we find that the epicenter of this issue was primarily the Industrial Revolution and the exploitation of the masses—ranging from common peasants to the working class—under the capitalist system. Generally speaking, alienation refers to the state of being disconnected or estranged from an individual or a specific group. | ||
Keywords: Marxism, Alienation, Scientific Perspective, Capitalism, Industrial Revolution, Historical Materialism. |