The BNP will be out to exploit any sense of alienation from the major parties.

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In Scotland it happened because there was a clear sense of alienation between the Scottish electorate and a government in London that seemed too remote.

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The Orthodox Church regarded both Catholicism and Protestantism as heresies and imbued its adherents with a sense of alienation from, and hostility to, the West.

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Britten's personal sense of alienation was a natural outcome of his life as a homosexual in a society that criminalized this, but it also arose from his views of a world in which all sorts of injustice reigned.

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It remained possible, however, that it was the sense of self-alienation which was normal, and that believing you were wearing designer glasses made you more at ease with yourself.

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This sense of discouragement, Mr Mathews continues, explains Americans' alienation from government.

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Arthur does not address it, but it stands to reason that the greater an amount of complexity we encounter, the more opportunities to improve we sense--one cause, perhaps, for the contemporary afflictions of depression and alienation.

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