Alienation is the catchword of our time. It has been applied to everything from the new politics to the anti-heroes of todays films. But what does it mean to say that someone is alienated? Is alienation a state of mind, or a relationship? If modern man is indeed alienated, is it from his work, his government, his society, or himself or from all of these? Originally published in 1970, Richard Schacht, in this intelligent analysis, gets to the root of these questions.