Karl Marx’s Concept of Alienated Labor and a Possible Solution within the Concept of SelfManagement Karl Marx’s concept of alienated labor remains one of his most valuable contributions to humanist thought. This paper aims to demonstrate the theoretical background of the evolution of that term, referring above all to Hegel’s and Feuerbach’s interpretations. Marx’s insight into the advantages and disadvantages of these interpretations contributed to the reinterpretation of the concept of alienated labor, charting a completely new way of considering it. By stating four types of alienation (from the product, from the act of production, from one’s essence, and from other people), Marx pointed out the mechanisms through which a person can become alienated and asked the question of whether dealienation is possible and how to achieve it. During the analysis of possible ways of dealienation, Marx’s thought produced, among other things, the concept of the association of free workers, better known in history under the phrase ‘workers’ self-management’. A deeper understanding of the way in which this concept developed requires a brief mention of the theoretical statements not only of Karl Marx but also of anarchists and social utopians whose works maneuvered with different variations of the realization of such a formation. Nevertheless, there were significant ideological differences between them that made the theoretical gap and differentiated Marx’s thinking from those mentioned above. Further inspired by the historical phenomenon of the Paris Commune, Marx confirmed his previous views but also gained a more concrete insight into some of its problems. In order to fully encompass the paper, it is unavoidable to consider the first nominal achievement of workers’ self-management in an entire country (Yugoslavia), which more than obviously shows a great disparity between theory and the implementation of the same idea in practice. Thus, the problem of alienation, referring to historical practice, seems to be insoluble. However, bearing in mind the plasticity of the human being, it opens up as a constant challenge and aspiration of humanity