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POLITICAL ECONOMY AND THE COLLECTIVE SUBJECT: A THEORETICAL TENSION WITHIN MARX’S CONCEPT OF ALIENATION

POLİTİK EKONOMİ VE KOLEKTİF ÖZNE: MARX’TA YABANCILAŞMA İLE KURAMSAL BİR GERİLİM

Ahmed Hamza Alpay(Bayburt Üniversitesi)0000-0002-8781-6939
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1–15
Publication Date
2026-05-04
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This study will distinguish itself in the literature by reinterpreting Marx’s concept of alienation beyond the level of individual experience -as the systematic dissolution of meaning and the collective subject- and by addressing the theoretical tension between political economy and the subject on both historical and structural levels.

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Objective & Hypothesis:This study explores the theoretical tension between political economy, meaning, and the subject within the framework of Karl Marx’s theory of alienation, with a particular focus on reinterpreting the dissolution of the collective subject on a historical and structural level.
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This study explores the theoretical tension between political economy, meaning, and the subject within the framework of Karl Marx’s theory of alienation, with a particular focus on reinterpreting the dissolution of the collective subject on a historical and structural level. In Marx’s historical materialist approach, labor—central to social structure and class relations—loses its meaning not only on an individual level but also collectively, as capitalist modes of production evolve. In this context, the study investigates the construction of the historical subject in Marx’s theoretical framework, examining how alienation operates within relations of production and how it erodes the foundations of collective action. Capitalist relations of production dismantle not only the individual’s subjectivity but also the political and social agency of the working class as a historical subject, rendering meaning, action, and subjectivity structurally fragmented. This study will distinguish itself in the literature by reinterpreting Marx’s concept of alienation beyond the level of individual experience -as the systematic dissolution of meaning and the collective subject- and by addressing the theoretical tension between political economy and the subject on both historical and structural levels.

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Bu çalışma, Karl Marx’ın yabancılaşma kuramı çerçevesinde politik ekonomi, anlam ve özne arasındaki kuramsal gerilimi sorgulamakta; özellikle kolektif öznenin çözülüşünü tarihsel ve yapısal bir düzlemde yeniden ele almaktadır. Marx’ın tarihsel materyalist yaklaşımında merkezi bir konuma sahip olan emek, toplumsal yapı ve sınıf ilişkileri, kapitalist üretim biçimlerinin dönüşümüyle birlikte yalnızca bireysel değil, kolektif düzeyde de anlam kaybına uğramaktadır. Bu bağlamda çalışma, Marx’ın kuramsal çerçevesinde tarihsel öznenin inşasını, yabancılaşmanın üretim ilişkilerinde nasıl işlediğini ve kolektif eylemin zeminini nasıl aşındırdığını incelemektedir. Kapitalist üretim ilişkileri, yalnızca bireyin değil, emekçi sınıfın politik ve toplumsal bir özne olarak tarihsel fail olma kapasitesini de çözmekte; anlamı, eylemi ve öznelliği yapısal biçimde dağınık hâle getirmektedir. Bu çalışma, Marx’ın yabancılaşma kavramını bireysel deneyimin ötesinde kolektif öznenin ve anlamın sistematik çözülüşü bağlamında yeniden yorumlamasıyla, politik ekonomi ile özne arasındaki kuramsal gerilimi tarihsel ve yapısal düzeyde ele almasıyla literatürde özgün kılacaktır.

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Alpay, A. H. (2026). POLITICAL ECONOMY AND THE COLLECTIVE SUBJECT: A THEORETICAL TENSION WITHIN MARX’S CONCEPT OF ALIENATION. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, Sayı: 74, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.30794/pausbed.1776106

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