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Encyclopedia > Affluent alienation

Alienation is estrangement or splitting apart. The term has specialized meanings in a variety of disciplines.

This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Title is a legal term for an owners interest in a piece of property. ... Medicine is the branch of health science and the sector of public life concerned with maintaining human health or restoring it through the treatment of disease and injury. ... Alienist was a somewhat derogatory and now obselete term for a psychiatrist or psychologist. ... Psychiatry is a branch of medicine that studies and treats mental and emotional disorders (see mental illness). ... Social interactions of people and their consequences are the subject of sociology studies. ... This article is a discussion of critical theory as the phrase is used by the Frankfurt School. ... Continental philosophy is a general term for several related philosophical traditions that (notionally) originated in continental Europe from the nineteenth century onward, in contrast with Anglo-American analytic philosophy. ... In sociology and critical social theory, alienation refers to the individuals estrangement from traditional community and others in general. ... It has been suggested that Drama (art form) be merged into this article or section. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Bertolt Brecht (February 10, 1898 - August 14, 1956) was an influential German dramatist, stage director, and poet of the 20th century. ...

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For the band, see Anomie (band) Anomie, in contemporary English, means a condition or malaise in individuals, characterized by an absence or diminution of standards or values. ... Alienation is a process whereby people come to be estranged from the society around them. ... Anomie, in contemporary English means the absence of any kind of rule, law, principle or order. ...

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