n his theory of revolution and of the class struggle leading to revolution, and especially in his concept of alienation based on economic relationships. The human being is defined in terms of work, production, and his or her relationship to what is produced. Marx derived the concept of alienation from Hegel, who used the term differently to refer to a timeless condition of man's mind. Marx found there to be alienation in a different form in the individual's loss of control, of personal wholeness, an alienation that is basically economic. It is not timeless but is the result of economic forces in capitalism and derives from private property. The work is external to the worker and is not part of his nature, so rather than fulfilling himself in the work he denies himself. Such work is imposed rather than volunt
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