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    If alienation is conceptually internal to objectification in the dialectical tradition, the two concepts cannot be cleanly separated without distorting their systematic relationship.

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    Key Terms

    Alienation(the key concept being debated)
    A state where workers feel disconnected or separated from the things they make, their own labor, or themselves—often because they have no control over what they create.
    Dialectical tradition(in philosophical history)
    A way of thinking (developed mainly by Hegel and Marx) where contradictions and opposing forces interact and transform each other to create something new.
    Objectification(as the main concept being explained)
    Treating a person as if they were a thing or object, rather than as a human being with their own thoughts and feelings.
    Systematic relationship(in philosophical analysis)
    How different ideas connect and depend on each other within a larger, organized system of thought.
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