On The Meaning of Alienation Export

@article{citeulike:167792, abstract = {The problem of alienation is a pervasive theme in the classics of sociology, and the concept has a prominent place in contemporary work. This paper seeks to accomplish two tasks: to present an organized view of the uses that have been made of this concept; and to provide an approach that ties the historical interest in alienation to the modern empirical effort. Five alternative meanings of alienation are identified: powerlessness, meaninglessness, normlessness, isolation, and self-estrangement. The derivation of these meanings from traditional sociological analysis is sketched, and the necessity for making the indicated distinctions is specified. In each case, an effort is made to provide a viable research formulation of these five alternatives.}, author = {Seeman, Melvin}, citeulike-article-id = {167792}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/2088565}, journal = {American Sociological Review}, keywords = {alienation, isolation, meaninglessness, normlessness, powerlessness, self-estrangement}, number = {6}, pages = {783--791}, posted-at = {2009-06-03 15:18:58}, priority = {0}, title = {On The Meaning of Alienation}, url = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/2088565}, volume = {24}, year = {1959} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:167792 L3 - citeulike-article-id:167792 N2 - The problem of alienation is a pervasive theme in the classics of sociology, and the concept has a prominent place in contemporary work. This paper seeks to accomplish two tasks: to present an organized view of the uses that have been made of this concept; and to provide an approach that ties the historical interest in alienation to the modern empirical effort. Five alternative meanings of alienation are identified: powerlessness, meaninglessness, normlessness, isolation, and self-estrangement. The derivation of these meanings from traditional sociological analysis is sketched, and the necessity for making the indicated distinctions is specified. In each case, an effort is made to provide a viable research formulation of these five alternatives. IS - 6 JF - American Sociological Review EP - 791 TI - On The Meaning of Alienation VL - 24 SP - 783 KW - alienation KW - isolation KW - meaninglessness KW - normlessness KW - powerlessness KW - self-estrangement AU - Seeman, Melvin PY - 1959/// UR - http://www.jstor.org/stable/2088565 ER -