In a broader [[philosophy|philosophical]] context, especially in [[existentialism]] and [[phenomenology]], alienation describes the inadequacy of human [[being]] or [[mind]] in relation to the world. The human mind, as the [[subject (philosophy)|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. | In a broader [[philosophy|philosophical]] context, especially in [[existentialism]] and [[phenomenology]], alienation describes the inadequacy of human [[being]] or [[mind]] in relation to the world. The human mind, as the [[subject (philosophy)|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. |