Keywords
Work and Labor Markets
How to Cite
Parrotta, Kylie, and Alison Buck. 2013. “Making Marx Accessible: Understanding Alienated Labor through Experiential Learning”. TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology, October. Washington DC: American Sociological Association. https://trails.asanet.org/article/view/making-marx-accessible-understanding-alienated.
Abstract
We introduce an exercise designed to make Marx’s theory of alienated labor accessible to students in a Sociology of Work class. Through a role-playing activity where students create and sell goods under conditions of both alienated and nonalienated labor, students actually experience the different material and social consequences of these conditions. The...Download this resource to see full details. Download this resource to see full details.
Details
- Subject Area(s):
- Marxist Sociology
- Resource Type(s):
- Class Activity
- Class Level(s):
- Any Level
- Class Size(s):
- Medium
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