As to alienation issue: it is an issue raised by all classical Scottish philosophers including Adam Smith. However as George Lukacs has shown it became a conservative concept in the 20th century. The concept the Marxists have to start with is not alienation (no longer). Rather they have to start with the concepts of exploitation and commodity fetishism.
------ Dogan Göcmen (http://dogangocmen.wordpress.com/) Author of The Adam Smith Problem: Reconciling Human Nature and Society in The Theory of Moral Sentiments and Wealth of Nations, I. B. Tauris, London&New York 2007 ________________________________________________ YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
