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What is the concept used by Karl Marx to explain workers loss of control over their labor power in capitalist societies ?

Correct answer: D. alienation

  • A. anomie
  • B. pauperization
  • C. de-skilling
  • D. alienation

Explanation

Marx used alienation to describe workers’ loss of control over their work, its products and their own productive activity under capitalism. Anomie is Durkheim’s concept of normlessness, while de-skilling refers more narrowly to the removal of skill from a job.

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