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Article: In middle-management land: semi-alienated labor.(Women & Work)
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- January 1, 2004
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In my paid-work life, I am an editor, which makes me what is known as "middle management." My labor seems to be semi-alienated--not, I hasten to say, because I am middle management, but because I work for a nonprofit organization. (I'm not referring to my work for a feminist collective, which is not paid, except in satisfaction.)
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I think Karl Marx was right about alienation--work is alienated if you do not own the means of production and cannot control your own work life. I would say that mine is semi-alienated because my labor is not going to enrich a capitalist owner, but I don't own the means of production, either. Although I have ...