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Ideas for 'works', 'Can Mechanisms Replace Laws of Nature?' and 'A Philosophy of Boredom'

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24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 9. Communism

9303	The concept of 'alienation' seems no longer applicable [Svendsen]
	Full Idea: I do not believe that the concept of 'alienation' is all that applicable any more.
	From: Lars Svendsen (A Philosophy of Boredom [2005], Ch.1)
	A reaction: Interesting but puzzling. If alienation is the key existential phenomenon of a capitalist society, why should it fade away if we remain capitalist? He is proposing that it has metamorphosed into boredom, which may be a different sort of alienation.