South African deviations from classical capitalism reveal limits of class-struggle analysis alone.

Evidence

At a metatheoretical level the focus on apartheid helps clarify the specificity of the South African case. The peculiarity of its deviations from the classical capitalist path of development helps demonstrate that the society cannot be understood simply in terms of classical Marxism’s concept of the class struggle; the society also requires attention to the particular forms of what John Rex calls “the race war” engendered by colonial conquest. — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 298

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The race-class debate over apartheid was really about capitalism versus class analysis; Class-focused analysis of apartheid neglected racist institutions outside the capitalist nexus; Conquest and unfree labor, not universal Marxist laws, explain South African racial class structure — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 592 (+9 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: The race-class debate over apartheid was really about capitalism versus class analysis; Class-focused analysis of apartheid neglected racist institutions outside the capitalist nexus; Conquest and unfree labor, not universal Marxist laws, explain South African racial class structure — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 592 (+9 more)

Broader Connections

• Working-class culture emerges from its material conditions combined with class struggle #complicates (0.80)
• Working-class defeats were contingent, not intrinsic to capitalism’s logic #complicates (0.74) — Alex Callinicos, Against Postmodernism, 615