THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ALIENATION OF LABOUR IN KARL MARX: It’s Implications to the Condition of the Nigerian Workers

ABSTRACT
The philosophy of Karl Marx revolves around one fact. This is that matter is the basis of reality. In connection with the economy and thought, Marx posits “economy is based on labour which specifically is the human activity that puts us in touch with reality”. Therefore, when human being is alienated from labour the necessary implications include extinction and the conception of human being as tools which in every extent remain unjust and unnatural method is the nature of any research work. Hence, this work combines expository, deductive, review and evaluative methods.
The researcher employs exclusive constructions and use of words that are peculiar to Marx, such as cost value, exchange value, surplus value, etc. which describes the relationship between labour, the wage and the alienation. In order to justify the aim and scope of study, this work is divided into five chapters. Chapter one deals with the introductory details of the work while chapter two describes alienation, its forms and the theory of surplus value.
In chapter three, the researcher clearly exposes the situation of Nigerian workers. The significance of alienation of labour in Nigeria context forms the subject of chapter four. Lastly chapter five critically reviews the Marxian theory of alienation of labour, its merits and demerits and the possible solution to the situation of Nigerian workers. After this comes the conclusion.