THE PHILOSOPHICAL HISTORY OF ALIENATION
Some refer to Pre-Classical and Classical Philosophy and some of them unite it to where alienation has been known. Some believe alienation is different as to it was pre-classical.

What in fact occurred, Philosophy vanished for many centuries. However, the reason it vanished was because Ideology became mature enough to produce religion to fill the imperfections and needs of humanity.

The human continued to run around in circles and sacrificed the preliminary materialism of philosophies. This then combined to reform the circle even though the human mind did not release itself from the circle. This being the reason for many other pholosophies emerging, trying to find a way out, including from classic materialism to ontology and penomenology.

The Catholic Philosophers used Aristotle for metaphysics ideal for emergence of the existence the theory. They used philosophy method for religion and that became a critique of the Materialistic thinkers of the 18th Century for destructing the subjectivity of the process of existence. Later on the Classical Idealists like
Hegel and Kant ended that argument and a new analysis of existence appeared as an alternative for more perfect subjectivity towards idealism. Later that became the structure of existence philosophy like a pure conscience, sublime answer of introducing epistemology (Knowledge).
ALIENATION IN RELIGION
A nude human suddenly found himself on a big cold abstract planet that is now known as the Earth. Ever since he asks, why am I here? Why am I alone? Why am I chained? Where do I go from here?

I have a life passion, I strive, I feel beauty, I have logic, I desire intimacy to protect my race that I have to protect, my remaining is conditional by my existence.

I have fear and pain to protect me from extintion. Therefore I have to protect my body and preserve my soul. If I do not, my soul would not be sustained. I have to protect my existence, which is made up of my mind, body, soul and human needs. I came to Earth to remain; therefore I progress, even without knowing my fate. I always strive to attain the best for future generations; I try everything within my limitaitons. All things are attained through Pragmatism.
All of a sudden my bodily functions will cease and something will happen to me -DEATH.
Everything will be erased as if it never existed.
Good and bad will dissipate.

Am I the one who has stopped or has time stopped around me? I am separated and will never be part of these processes again.

DEATH?
WHY?
What was that sudden thing that finished everything?
Is it a finishing or a new beginning?
That is the eternal question that humans ask themselves since time immoral, all the ideologies, philosophies and religions are attempting to try to answer the big questions.

The Alienation of prophets inspired them to seek alternate answers to the big questions posed by the people.

Alienation is what impelled the prophets to seek alternatives, their environment is what motivated them, and therefore they were sublime messengers to rescue their people. For example how the Jewish people were rescued from the rule of Pharaoh.