How Is Karl Marx Base And Superstructure
Introduction
Marx’s great call: “Workers of all countries, unite!”
The debate about the relationship between apartheid and capitalism is reviewed in this essay from a Marxist perspective. In terms of this perspective, Marxists was concerned with questions such as the ways that capital was accumulated, the growth of the economy and the division of labour (between blacks and whites) that was caused by the apartheid era (Nattrass, 1991). This essay is a comparative study between apartheid and the current situation in South Africa in terms of a Marxism perspective.
According to Nattrass (1991) South Africa's economic development was shaped by the racial policies that were implemented by the state at that time.
Karl Marx Base and superstructure
Base and superstructure are two concepts developed by Karl Marx. According to Nengwekhulu (s.a.) these two concepts must have a dialectical relationship, thus they can influence one another. The base refers to the economic factors in society such as the relations of production that includes the mode and means of production. It includes aspects such as raw materials, technology and capital. The superstructure can …show more content…
This oppositional relationship takes on a reactive form -either class or race. The base-superstructure model continues to be used to explain South Africa's history and society (Nengwekhulu, s,a,). Class, analytically separate from the question of race, is what matters to the Marxists; class relations and capitalist growth are seen by them as the determinants of racial policies, which in their turn reflect the economic base(Heliker & Vale,
Marx’s great call: “Workers of all countries, unite!”
The debate about the relationship between apartheid and capitalism is reviewed in this essay from a Marxist perspective. In terms of this perspective, Marxists was concerned with questions such as the ways that capital was accumulated, the growth of the economy and the division of labour (between blacks and whites) that was caused by the apartheid era (Nattrass, 1991). This essay is a comparative study between apartheid and the current situation in South Africa in terms of a Marxism perspective.
According to Nattrass (1991) South Africa's economic development was shaped by the racial policies that were implemented by the state at that time.
Karl Marx Base and superstructure
Base and superstructure are two concepts developed by Karl Marx. According to Nengwekhulu (s.a.) these two concepts must have a dialectical relationship, thus they can influence one another. The base refers to the economic factors in society such as the relations of production that includes the mode and means of production. It includes aspects such as raw materials, technology and capital. The superstructure can …show more content…
This oppositional relationship takes on a reactive form -either class or race. The base-superstructure model continues to be used to explain South Africa's history and society (Nengwekhulu, s,a,). Class, analytically separate from the question of race, is what matters to the Marxists; class relations and capitalist growth are seen by them as the determinants of racial policies, which in their turn reflect the economic base(Heliker & Vale,