Title: Study Guide – Marx
Author: M. Gregory Oakes
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Study Guide - Marx
HMXP102
Dr. Oakes

Central Question, this section:  What is the relationship between the self and other persons?

The Alienation of Labor (174-179)

NB:  The Marx reading is particularly challenging – don’t give up on it!  It is very important.  Also, be careful to read Marx with an open mind, since you may already have heard good or bad things about him.

1.	What does Marx mean by referring to the laborer as a commodity?
2.	What relationship does Marx see between the value produced by the laborer and the value of the laborer as a commodity?
3.	In what ways does the laborer become alienated under capitalism, according to Marx?
4.	What is the relationship, for Marx, between alienated labor and private property?
5.	Why does Marx think that better wages is not a solution to the workers’ plight?