Alienation

Alienation In this paper I will try and relate the ideas of two great European thinkers back to what have discussed so far in class. Both Marx and Weber saw the existing system of capitalism during their time, that is still in existence today, was based off the idea that the individual is an autonomous unit which lacks a connection to society which effects its progression and evolution. I will discuss how both of them saw the possibility of the individual becoming an integral part of society, one piece of a puzzle, and how this change in the definition or the perception of the individual could lead to the possibility of the dissolution of Capitalism as was seen then and still persists today. The question is whether the individual will ever fully see it in their best interest to perceive themselves as one piece of a large and elaborate system where everything is interconnected. Where they would base their actions off of what is best for society as whole and not just themselves. Or whether the autonomous individual will thrive right along with the capitalist ideas that are still being taught in school. Marx and Weber may society, people, individual, change, capitalism, capitalist, system, proletariat, one, weber, revolution, marx, life, class, both, work, material, fear, about, today, survive, person, perception, order, whether, wealth, together, survival, societies, saw, possibility, need, necessities, majority, interests