Alienation: The critique that refuses to disappear

Current Sociology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 916-933

  Kalekin Fishman, Devorah ^a   Langman, Lauren ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alienation; anomie; capitalism; estrangement; exploitation; psychosocial consequences of alienation; rationalization; structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941753072     PISSN: 00113921     EISSN: 14617064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011392115591612     Document Type: Article

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