Man is a species-being- free being/ treats himself as universal
This universality of man also means that Nature is a part of his inorganic body
Estranged labor- Alienating man from himself, his life activity, nature takes away the species part from him
Marx then differentiates Man and Animal and there are two parts-
1.Animal is identical with its life activity but man has consciousness and will to perform free activity; Estranged labor reverses this relation transforming him into an essential being( just for existence-same as animals)
2.Animals produce only for their immediate physical need, but on the contrary, man produces even when he is free from physical needs
Objectification of Labor is thus the objectification of man’s species life.
When the product of his labor( an object) for him is an alien, hostile, powerful independent of him, then the master of this object is also viewed from the same lens.
Hence, Self-estrangement can only manifest through real practical relationship to other men.
Private property is not the cause but the consequence of alienated labor
Private property contains two parts-
1.product of alienated labor
2.means by which labor alienated himself, the realization of this alienation
Relationship between Estranged labor, Private property, and Wages
1.In a political economy, the soul is labor( yet it is entitled to nothing) and private property-everything
2.Wage and Private property are identical in that neither cause Estranged labor( but are the consequence and cause respectively.
3.Higher wages for slaves- wouldn’t conquer for the worker or for his labor his status and dignity
Conclusion:
1.everything that appears to the worker as alienation/estrangement (same for nonworkers)
2.Worker’s real and practical attitude to production appears as theoretical for non-workers
3.non-workers does everything against worker( which he then does it to himself) but the non-worker wouldn’t do that to himself.