Capitalism and alienation: Towards a Marxist theory of alienation for the 21st century

A Historical Perspective on Parental Alienation Syndrome and Parental Alienation

From Alienation to Revolution: A Defense of Marx’s Theory of Alienation

The following discussion presents an overview of Marx’s theory of alienation. In contrast to the usual presentation of the subject, we will demonstrate that Marx’s theory of alienation is unintelligible without a prior assimilation of the philosophical method by which it was derived. This in turn leads to a major problem. The philosophical outlook and categories employed by Marx are quite forei...

Parental Alienation Syndrome and Parental Alienation: Research Reviews

VAWnet is a project of the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence. “Given the inherent problems with even the ‘reformulated’ concept of PA, and also the fact that (1) courts and evaluators are unlikely to abandon the concept anytime soon, and (2) alienating behavior is indeed a factual reality, most often inflicted by abusive fathers, this paper offers [a] brief 7 outline of an approach ...

Simmel's Theory of Alienation and the Decline of the Nonrational

The Parental Alienation Syndrome:

This study analyzed sixteen cases which appeared to meet Dr. Richard Gardner 's criteria for parental alienation syndrome as set forth in his 1987 book. Thesecases showed a wide diversity of characteristics but Gardner's criteria were useful in differentiating these cases from other postdivorce difficulties. Traditional interventions were ineffective in altering Ule alienation. Gardner (1985) h...