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===Alienation===
===Alienation===
Marx's theory of alienation was often employed to criticize religious, political, and economic divisions. The basic idea is that people, but primarily workers, feel alienated from society, due mainly to the fact that thought they produce everything in the capitalist society, they do not own the Means of Production. Alienation has also been used by other sociologists to analyze many different social phenomena, such as young people feeling alienated from society and turning to drugs or violence. The fact that it was about individuals and their relation to society as a whole and could easily be applied to society at large made it an important tool when used in sociology.
Marx's theory of alienation is often employed to criticize religious, political, racial and economic divisions. The basic idea is that people, but primarily workers, feel alienated from society, due mainly to the fact that though they produce everything in the capitalist society, they do not own the Means of Production, causing them to feel depressed or angry. This can be seen in higher suicide rates among the working class, and more violence in Urban areas. Alienation has also been used by other sociologists to analyze many different social phenomena, such as young people feeling alienated from society and turning to drugs to cope. The fact that it is a theory about individuals and their relation to society as a whole, and thus could easily be applied to society at large, makes it an important tool when used in sociology.
===Globalization===
===Globalization===
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