Bernard Magubane on the political economy of race and class in South Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18973302 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bongani Nyoka (0000-0002-8478-8725, Rhodes University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 16 |
| Pages | 3482-3500 |
| Publication date | 2023-12-10 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethnic and Racial Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0141-9870 • E-ISSN: 1466-4356 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01419870.2023.2195051 |
| OpenAlex | W4362549967 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 12 |
In his writings, Bernard Magubane theorizes racial capitalism but without necessarily invoking the term. Instead, he frequently refers to “the political economy of race and class” in the South African society. First, Magubane traces the roots of capitalism and racism in South Africa back to European expansionism. Second, he grapples with dispossession during the colonial period and calls it “the fact of conquest”. This period was a significant prelude to apartheid capitalism and racism. Third, having analyzed these forms of domination, he argues that black people in South Africa would be liberated through the insurrection of the working people. Magubane’s main contribution is his use of historical analysis to understand the next move by imperialism and its impact on the interaction of race and class and the struggle for liberation. Magubane seeks to develop a clear theoretical framework to understand the nature of the South African society. In this paper, I will attempt to illustrate Magubane’s contribution to Marxist thought based on his study of South Africa’s racially hierarchical political economy
Capitalism · Colonialism · Expansionism · Marxist philosophy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Race (biology) · Racism · Sociology · African cultural and philosophical studies · Gender Studies · Law · Legal Issues in South Africa · South African History and Culture
Dusk of dawn
Race, class and power
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The Current Situation in South Africa
The State, Racism and the Rise of Capitalism in the Nineteenth-Centuiy Cape Colony
The South African Pandemic of Racial Capitalism
Dusk of Dawn. An Essay Toward an Autobiography of a Race Concept
The political economy of race and class in South Africa
Class and Colour in South Africa, 1850–1950
The Ties That Bind
The "Xhosa" In Town, Revisited Urban Social Anthropology
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |