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Mon 30 Jan, 2006 10:18 am
Can anybody please define "alienation" for me?
When I looked at dictionary.com it says it has something to do with isolating oneself from others. However I thought another definition of it is, "to do something forced against your own will." As in you have no choice to do it e.g. the rising gas prices... no choice but to pay for it, etc. Thanks.
Canada is an alien nation as is Roswell New Mexico.
You're alienating yourself, Dys.
I know, I'm the subject of your alienation already.
francis is an alien except when he brings me velveeta and coke.
A real definition please, thanks.
AKw--
Welcome to A2K.
While higher prices and other inconveniences can alienate (turn you against) life in the present, "alienate" does not mean being forced to pay higher prices.
alienating means to target and isolate a specific group of individuals . I think it's similar to discrimination.
It also means to make an individual feel like an outsider. usually with hostility and unfriendliness
Cool, now we talkin, thanks Noddy24 and Crayon851.
see Marx and structural alienation.
Alienation does mean isolation.
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