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An attempt is made to analyze the wide array of conditions and methodological orientations subsumed under the term >alienation<. A 519-item annotated Bibliography is preceded by a discussion which cites many of the items. This discussion opens with an etymological derivation (alienatio, alienation, entfremdung) and continues with an analysis of present-day treatments of alienation, anomie, and anomia. The concept is then examined from the history of ideas perspective, and 2 major sources are identified: (1) K. Marx's theory of alienation, and (2) E. Durkheim's theory of anomie. A discussion of the former's use of the concept proceeds to its more current used by such writers as E. FROMM and H. Marcuse; a similar discussion is presented on Durkheim and R. Merton. The concept in contemporary social science is considered. Arguments for and against alienation as a >unit-idea< are followed by an examination of ali enation as an empirico-analytical concept. This subsection includes: (A) some aspects of theory which yield empirically testable propositions, (B) measurement scales for alienation and anomie, and (C) empirical research in the world of work and the political system. Brief suggestions to overcome >the diffuse usages of the term as well as...the lack of coordinated research work< conclude the discussion. The Bibliography is organized under specific headings: (a) collections of articles, readers; (b) philosophy of alienation (alienation as a general concept to identify certain trends in contemporary society); (c) history of alienation; (d) theoretical aspects of alienation; (e) measurement of alienation/anomia; methodological problems; (f) empirical research on alienation/anomia; and (g) alienation in literature and the arts. An author index is provided.