Re: Estrangement of Labor

[Carrol Cox <cbcox@xxxxxxxxx>]

> Funke Jayson J wrote:
>
> I am reading most of Marx's work for the first time. I am currently
> struggling to grasp the Estrangement of Labor as Marx relates it in
> the Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844. Can anyone explain
> it succinctly and in simple terms? I am interested in the relationship
> between the estrangement of labor as it is linked to man's
> relationship to/as nature, and the development of private property. I
> understand that all of this leads to the development of capital as
> well as its concurrent philosophies, but something is not clicking for
> me. I intend to read Engel's The Origin of the Family, Private
> Property and the State next. Will this book help clarify the
> estrangement of labor idea?
>

Probably not. I suggest just hanging in there for another decade or two.
:-) It's a fun trip and you pick up a lot on the side as you go along.

Carrol