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This idea of alienation can be observed in some other contexts, although the term may not be as frequently used. In the context of individual-society relation, alienation means the unresponsiveness of the society as a whole to the individuality of each member of the society. When collective decisions are made, it is usually impossible for the unique needs of each person to be taken into account. This form of alienation was criticized by many of the Young Hegelians . In a broader Philosophical context, especially in Existentialism and Phenomenology , alienation is the inadequation of human Being or Mind to the world. The human mind, as the Subject of perception, relates to the world as an object of its perception, and so is distanced from the world rather than living within it. This line of thought can be found, among others, in Søren Kierkegaard , Friedrich Nietzsche , Martin Heidegger , and Theodor Adorno . There is a commonly noted problem of translation in grappling with ideas of alienation derived from German-language philosophical texts: the word ''alienation'', and similar words such as ''estrangement'', are often used to translate two quite distinct German words, '''', interchangeably. SOCIALLY ALIENATED GROUPS Some socially alienated groups includes:
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