20th Century Views On Alienation

How did 20th century views on alienation play a part in the story’s plot? In today’s context, alienation refers to a large variety of mental health disorders such as anxiety, despair, rootlessness, apathy, anomie, loss of self, isolation, powerlessness, pessimism, loss of self and belief or values.

However, this is very different from the 20th century view on things. Historically speaking, primative life was much more simple. The members of early society were connected to each other by the simple bond of community. They held on to a one-for-all, all-for-one social contract. They were united by virtues of belief and tradition with no space for alienation or separation. As the population grew, however, the social structure of society became more and more complex. Social relationships became less sincere.

Alienation occurs when a person’s most basic and fundamental relationships become loose. When this happens, the person may feel isolated and as if they
As civilization may succeed in providing for the needs of most of the members of society by providing better technology and innovations, the functional rationality increases in society and the previously valuable skills eventually lose their value as they are no longer needed for work. This will result in decreasing the substantial rationality of people. In other words, as society grows to be more complex, the rationality of an individual becomes meaningless. This meaninglessness results in feeling like a stranger in society. Aristotle has said for a fact that humans are social animals, with social needs. In less evolved civilizations, there is a need to utilize reason, skill, and understanding. However, as society evolves, the means to achieve these goals are also changes to a point where these means become so organized and powerful that they fulfill