Re-Reading Rick Turner in the New South Africa

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4445102
AutoresTony Fluxman (Rhodes University), Peter Vales (0000-0003-0805-9325, Rhodes University), Vale Peter (0000-0003-3186-5931, Rhodes University)
Año2004
Volumen18
Número2
Páginas173-188
Fecha de publicación2004-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Relations (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0047-1178 • E-ISSN: 1741-2862
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0047117804042671
OpenAlexW2055828558
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas11
Referencias citadas7

Using the writings of the assassinated South African political philosopher Rick Turner, this article provides a critique of South Africa ten years after the end of apartheid. Influenced by both Western Marxism and utopian thinking, Turner developed a model of democratic socialism which offered a vision of a 'new South Africa'. This was countered by the ideology of the market and, later, by the force of the 'end of history' thesis. The article argues that inequalities continue in South Africa because the promise of Western Marxism was squeezed out by the convergence of communist political ideology and capitalist modernization

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