• Lvxferre@mander.xyz
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      27 days ago

      Yes! He also invented airplanes, internet shitposting, Santa Klaus, and Brezeln.

      I’m joking of course. No, he didn’t invent the concept, he took it from Hegel. However that specific usage of the concept is the one from Marxism.

    • leopold@lemmy.kde.social
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      27 days ago

      The fact that the word “alienation” already existed doesn’t mean Marx didn’t have a specific theory about alienation in specific contexts that ended being pretty influential for philosophy. Like, holy shit, Marx’s theory of alienation isn’t obscure. Do a minimum of research before spouting ignorant bullshit.