Open AccessEstranged Labor Learning
Author(s) -
Jean Lave,
Ray McDermott
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
outlines/critical social studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1904-0210
pISSN - 1399-5510
DOI - 10.7146/ocps.v4i1.5143
Subject(s) - alienation , praise , reading (process) , sociology , social learning , psychology , epistemology , pedagogy , social psychology , political science , philosophy , law
This article is in praise of the labor of reading profound and rich texts, in this case the essay on 'estranged labor' by Karl Marx. Comparing in detail what Marx wrote on estranged labor with current social practices of learning and education leads us to comprehensive ideas about learning - including the social practices of alienated learning. We then emphasize the importance of distribution in the institutionalized production of alienated learning. And we end this article with critical reflections on the importance of alienation for the relationship between teaching and learning in the social practice of scholars.