<sod>'''Self-estrangement''' is the idea spoken by [[Karl Marx]] and Melvin Seeman(1959) in [[Marx's theory of alienation]] and is a part of Seeman's five logically distinct psychological states that encompasses alientation.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Merwin|first1=Richard|title=Alienation from society, self estrangement, and personality characteristics from the MMP1 in normals and schizophrenics|date=1970|publisher=University of Massachusetts Amherst.}}</ref> As spoken by Marx, self-estrangement is "the alienation of man’s essence, man’s loss of objectivity and his loss of realness as self-discovery, manifestation of his nature, objectification and realization."<ref>{{cite book|last1=Marx|first1=Karl|title=Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844.|date=1844}}</ref>Self-estrangement is when a person feels alienated from others and society as a whole.This is where a person is first alienated from the products of labour (i.e. alienation from the things that we buy in stores or produce in factories or offices). A person might then be alienated from the process of work, which is an alienation from creativity. Following this, self-estrangement can be defined when a person may feel alienated from themselves as a result of these previous two circumstances. Self-estrangement also effects people's feelings others and themselves making them feel alienated from all aspects of their lives.<eod>
<sod>'''Self-estrangement''' is the idea conceived by [[Karl Marx]] and Melvin Seeman (1959) in [[Marx's theory of alienation]] and is a part of Seeman's five logically distinct psychological states that encompasses alienation.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Merwin|first1=Richard|title=Alienation from society, self estrangement, and personality characteristics from the MMP1 in normals and schizophrenics|date=1970|publisher=University of Massachusetts Amherst.}}</ref> As spoken by Marx, self-estrangement is "the alienation of man's essence, man's loss of objectivity and his loss of realness as self-discovery, manifestation of his nature, objectification and realization".<ref>{{cite book|last1=Marx|first1=Karl|title=Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844.|date=1844}}</ref> Self-estrangement is when a person feels alienated from others and society as a whole.This is where a person is first alienated from the products of labour (i.e. alienation from the things that we buy in stores or produce in factories or offices). A person might then be alienated from the process of work, which is an alienation from creativity. Following this, self-estrangement can be defined when a person may feel alienated from themselves as a result of these previous two circumstances. Self-estrangement also effects people's feelings others and themselves making them feel alienated from all aspects of their lives.<eod>