Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Sociology

Chapter

Social Change and Development in India: Change and Development in industrial Society

Question:

In the situation of alienation, people do not enjoy work and see it as something they have to do only in order to survive. This theory was given by a famous sociologist/philosopher. Identify him:

Options:

Emile Durkheim

Max Weber

Karl Marx

Talcott Parsons

Correct Answer:

Karl Marx

Explanation:

The correct answer is option 3: Karl Marx

Industrialisation involves a detailed division of labour. People often do not see the end result of their work because they are producing only one small part of a product. The work is often repetitive and exhausting. Yet, even this is better than having no work at all, i.e., being unemployed. Marx called this situation alienation, when people do not enjoy work, and see it as something they have to do only in order to survive, and even that survival depends on whether the technology has room for any human labour.