Practica filosofică versus alienare ca un construct social
Philosophical practice versus alienation as a social construct

Summary/Abstract: Alienation is hardly a new concept in philosophy, its history stretching all the way back to ancient times. Historically, the meaning of this concept was primarily connected with relinquishing one’s rights to a sovereign power. However, over time, its meaning has come to be much more extensive. Philosophers, such as Rousseau, Marx or Ellul, had a huge contribution on the current perception of this phenomenon, switching its significance to a psychosocial one or linking it with technological advancements. Nowadays, we can talk about lots of various types of alienation, such as alienation from the process of work, self-alienation, social isolation, cultural estrangement, meaninglessness, religious alienation, and so on. The aim of this article is to determine the influence these past meanings played in the emergence of the current understanding we have of this phenomenon, as well as to identify the role that philosophical practice can play in the problem of alienation.

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