Sociology I · 20 marks
‘In the course of her work, because her personality becomes the instrument of an alien purpose, the salesgirl becomes self-alienated’. In this context, explain C. W. Mills’ concept of White-Collar alienation.
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Syllabus: Works and Economic Life: (a) Social organization of work in different types of society- slave society, feudal society, industrial capitalist society. (b) Formal and informal organization of work. (c) Labour and society.
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