Skip to content viewer section. Using the philosophies of Louis Althusser and István Mészáros, this article seeks to interpret Marx’s theory of the transformation of value into price based on a ...

“According to Marx, workers under capitalism do not recognize the relationship between their labor and the capital that they produce, because they have become ‘alienated’ from the realities of work.

This dichotomy vividly illustrates the concept of alienation, as posited by philosopher Karl Marx. Under capitalism, individuals feel estranged from their true selves, reduced to mere instruments in ...