The Triumph of Marxist Approaches in South African Social and Labour History

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" The Triumph of Marxist Approaches in South African Social and Labour History "
Martin J. Murray

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1070950
Doc. No	:	LA114579
Call No	:	‭10.1163/156852188X00060‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Martin J. Murray
Title & Author	:	The Triumph of Marxist Approaches in South African Social and Labour History [Article]\ Martin J. Murray
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Journal of Asian and African Studies
Date	:	1988
Volume/ Issue Number	:	23/1-2
Page No	:	79–101
Abstract	:	"Marxism has evolved as the dominant intellectual perspective in South Africa, replacing South African liberalism, because liberalism has failed to acknowledge the connection between capitalism and apartheid. But the emergent Marxist paradigm was divided into two distinct poles: the "structuralists" and the "social historians." The tension between these two alternative perspectives has pervaded a number of sub-fields, including studies of rural relations, labour and social movements, and class and culture. The works of Charles Van Onselen and Belinda Bozzoli are treated in considerable detail because they represent the "social historical" perspective. Both the "structuralist" and "social historical" variants are analyzed in terms of their historical methods."
Descriptor	:	African Studies
Descriptor	:	General
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/156852188X00060‬