The Political Nature of a Ruling Class : Capital and Ideology in South Africa 1890â"1933 - Belinda Bozzoli

The Political Nature of a Ruling Class

Capital and Ideology in South Africa 1890â"1933

By: Belinda Bozzoli

Hardcover | 1 November 2024

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First published in 1981, The Political Nature of a Ruling Class is a study of the role played by the âorganic intellectualsâ, who were attached to the capitalist class in South Africa, in shaping the processes of state and class formation in the crucial decades when the foundations of modern South Africa were being laid.

The book examines how the political and ideological character of the imperialist, âBritish South Africanâ, mining bourgeoisie was formed, which revolutionised southern Africa and remained dominant until the First World War, and how a national bourgeoisie emerged and later came to prevail which differed both as a political force and as the bearer of a new âSouth Africanistâ ideology. In both cases, the activities of the intellectuals are explained in terms of the economic imperatives of accumulation and the capitalistsâ conflicts with other classes, and in each case, racism is viewed in the light of the overall system of hegemony created by capital. The origins of South African capitalism are examined finally from the point of view of one group of peopleâ"the capitalists themselves.

A concrete and readable account of capitalists and their ideologies, this contribution to theories both of class and state formation and of the relationship between political, cultural, ideological and economic forces will be of importance to students and researchers of African studies and political science.

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Review of the first publication:

'This extensive and lucid study spans the years 1890-1933, years which, as [the author] points out, are particularly rich in insights into the nature of the ruling class as a whole, its experience of class formation, and relation between class and the emergence of the state.'

- Ruth Tomaselli, Critical Arts, Volume 2, Issue 2

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