Parental Alienation Syndrome or PAS is a condition named conceived by the late Richard Gardener MD in the late 1980’s. It is described by Gardener as: a disorder that arises primarily in the context of child-custody disputes. Its primary manifestation is the child’s campaign of denigration against the parent‚ a campaign that has no justification. The disorder results from the combination of indoctrinations by the alienating parent and the child’s own contributions to the vilification of the alienated
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1844 the Sociological thinker Karl Marx produced works on his theory of Alienation. His theories were based upon his observations of industrial production processes under capitalist rule. Marx explains that human self-alienation is the process by which man becomes separated from himself and becomes a mere commodity in a system where relationships exist on an inhumane‚ machine-like level. For Marx‚ this estrangement or alienation occurs on three main levels. The first‚ man as alienated from the product
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Alienation In Karl Marx’s Selected Writings he describes the ways in which labor can lead to the alienation of the worker. First he describes a cause as the objectification of the worker and labor. Next he shows how a separation of the worker and the activity of working takes away from the essence of life. From there he argues the essence of being is lost because the worker does not have the identity of his work. And finally he describes an alienation due to the separation of worker and capitalist
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Theory of Alienation This paper will attempt to analyze Karl Marx’s theory of alienation. The paper will analyze what economic factors lead to Marx’s theory‚ what he meant by alienation‚ and how this alienation affected a certain class of people who lived and worked in the time of Karl Marx. It will also compare Marx’s view of alienation with that of Hegel. The paper will also address Marx theory and how it is associated with his theory of commodity fetishism. Marx’s theory of alienation can be
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In the work Frankenstein the Modern Prometheus‚ by Mary Shelley‚ the creation Dr. Victor Frankenstein creates is alienated and enriched in knowledge from his isolation. From this alienation‚ the “Creation” brings out the major themes of isolation and seclusion. Mary Shelley uses the creature’s unfortunate upbringing as a way to bring a sense of automatic isolation to the creature in their modern society. In the creatures journey he finds a place to hide and watch the cottagers where he learns
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the separation she experiences from the rest of the town. This ominous alienation that some individuals encounter can sometimes lead to horrible‚ and even‚ disgusting behavior‚ as in Emily’s case. In "A Rose for Emily"‚ Faulkner shows how the alienation felt by Emily Grierson caused by the townspeople‚ the death of her father‚ and her own self‚ enables her to commit an act of grotesqueness. Emily’s feeling of alienation probably began when she was younger. She was raised to feel as if she was
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Loneliness is an inevitable fact of life that not even the strongest can avoid. In his novel‚ Of Mice and Men‚ John Steinbeck illustrates the loneliness of California ranch life in the early 1930’s. Throughout the story‚ the reader discovers the many sources of solitude‚ primarily being discrimination and prejudice‚ resulting in loneliness and isolation. <br> <br>One of the most important things that are really needed is a friend. Without friends‚ people would suffer from loneliness and solitude
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Language A: Literature The Written Assignment Alienation and Isolation in The Metamorphosis May 2013 Word Count: 1480 The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka is a reflection on how alienation and isolation begin and develop in a society by employing the characters in his novella as a representation of society as a whole. Using Gregor’s manager to demonstrate the initiation of isolation and alienation of a person‚ Gregor as the person being isolated and the inhabitants of the Samsa household as the other
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Alienation of Gregor Samsa is being portrayed by Kafka in the “Metamorphosis” by contrasting events with his family‚ work and society. Many of these events are faced by individuals or families in today’s society. Anne Rounds from the Chicago Scholarly review mentions that once Gregor becomes a bug‚ the whole “social structure disintegrates around him” (8). This can be seen from the family perceptive. Within the family‚ the alienation of Gregor happened once he started taking over as the head of
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Alienation in Joyce’s novel is also depicted in many other forms‚ as we can see early in the book from his exclusion as young boy. Even the very first sentence of the novel could be interpreted as having modernist connotations‚ “Once upon a time and a very long time ago it was…‚” Perhaps a link through a figure of speech to the nostalgic image of tradition in the face of modernism and moving onwards‚ a foresight into the aim and ideas that will be played out in the book. It is at Clongowes that we
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