Studi sulla Formazione (Dec 2011)

Dinamiche dell’alienazione culturale

  • Giuseppe De Simone

DOI
https://doi.org/10.13128/Studi_Formaz-10799
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1

Abstract

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This article attempts to distinguish between two types of alienation, zero-sum and non-zero-sum, showing the different dynamics and implications. While the religious (Feuerbach) and socio-economic (Marx) alienations fall within the zero-sum ones, the cultural alienation, that occurs when there is a contact between a majority and minority culture, such as in immigration or colonial contexts (Fanon), can be considered a non-zero-sum alienation.