Marx Disalienation Flashcards
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Species‑life (Gattungsleben) — definition?
Distinctively human capacity for conscious, creative, cooperative activity that transcends mere survival and sets a normative horizon of fulfilled humanity.
Externalization (Entäußerung) — definition?
Objectification of human powers in labor and culture; mediates self‑ and world‑formation, potentially liberating or alienating.
Alienation (Entfremdung) — definition?
Structurally induced estrangement where the worker is separated from product, process, others, and self; a perverted form of externalization.
Marx’s dialectical sequence?
Species‑life → Externalization → Alienation; reclaiming externalization restores species‑life.
Disalienation (Fanon)?
Process of overcoming alienation through critical awareness and transformative anti‑colonial action.
Gharbzadegi (Westoxification)?
Civilizational alienation where Muslim societies interiorize Western forms, leading to cultural self‑estrangement.
Bāzgasht be khishtan — meaning?
“Return to self”: Shariati’s call to reclaim authentic cultural‑religious agency to overturn Westoxification.
Conscientization (prise de conscience)?
Political‑existential awakening that exposes the roots of oppression and mobilizes collective action.
Anthropodom (Furani)?
Secular horizon in which humanity posits itself as the final end, sidelining divine reference and risking idolatry.
Theosphere (Furani)?
Epistemic space where the divine interrupts human self‑sovereignty, fostering humility and ethical accountability.
Fulfilled vs. perverted externalization?
Fulfilled: authentic objectification expressing species‑life; Perverted: commodified externalization that returns as an alien force.
Shariati’s remedy for alienation?
Deploys ritual (Āshūrā) and Tawḥīdic ethics to realign externalization with communal justice.
Fanon’s remedy for alienation?
Radical political, linguistic, and therapeutic action reclaiming agency and rupturing colonial control.
Convergence between Shariati & Fanon?
Both aim to reclaim externalization to restore species‑life among the oppressed.
Key divergence between Shariati & Fanon?
Shariati foregrounds metaphysical ritual; Fanon emphasizes secular revolutionary praxis.
Furani’s critique of Shariati?
Warns Shariati may fetishize cultural authenticity if not oriented toward transcendence.
Furani’s critique of Fanon?
Sees Fanon’s humanist revolt as risking new idolatries of secular sovereignty.
Post‑idolatrous disalienation — concept?
Synthesis coupling transcendental humility with structural rupture to avoid fresh alienations.
Essay implication for sociology?
Argues that sociological analysis must include theological and metaphysical dimensions of agency.
Future research direction proposed?
Cross‑tradition inquiry into ritual‑praxis hybrids and dialogue between theosphere and decolonial epistemologies.
Essay structure — five main sections?
1) Introduction 2) Marxian theories 3) Applications (Shariati & Fanon) 4) Critical evaluation & synthesis 5) Conclusion.
Introduction hook — whose quotation?
G.W.F. Hegel: spirit gains power by facing negativity.
Thesis statement (capsule)?
Social change hinges on reclaiming alienated externalization to fulfill species‑life.
