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Thesis (M. A. (Sociology)) --University of Limpopo, 2017 / The purpose of this study was to explain the events surrounding the Marikana miners’ strike in 2012, using Marxism’s concept of class consciousness. The labour disputes witnessed at Marikana in 2012 represent one of the major labour movements that South Africa has witnessed since the inception of democracy. This study adopted qualitative research methods to inquire into the events of the Marikana 2012 labour disputes. Methods used in this study include qualitative research, descriptive research design, Marxism critical inquiry, purposive sampling and critical discourse analysis. Moreover, the study investigated employee relations in the mining sector. In addition, this study also examined the Marikana miner’s working and living conditions and probed the role of social control agencies, including, trade unions, bargaining councils and the police, during the protests. This study proposes a fair distribution of wealth in the mining sector and the removal of the Migrant Labour System. Additionally, this study recommends transparency in the mining sector, the transformation of the education system and the restructuring of trade unions. / University of Limpopo Research Office

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The purpose of this study is to present the different approaches, which Hegel and Marx have developed regarding the relation between consciousness and life, consistent with their aims. Hegel&rsquo / s aim is to combine all the opposed ideas and beliefs proposed throughout the history of philosophy into a unified whole. Hegel&rsquo / s dialectics which is immanent to life can also explain the opposition between consciousness and life. Self-consciousness, which appears as subjectivity in Hegel&rsquo / s philosophy, at first, treats the life as an object of desire. Later, however, self-consciousness which cannot thus realize itself desires another self-consciousness who will recognize itself, so it relates with an other self-consciousness. This relation is defined as a &ldquo / life and death struggle&rdquo / . At the end of the struggle, there arise new forms of self-consciousnesses, Master and Slave. While the Slave produces for its Master, it relates itself to Life and this relation between Slave and Life brings about Slave as self-consciousness. On the other hand, the aim of Marx is not only to combine the oppositions but also to create a worldly philosophy. To this end, Marx puts economic relations of human beings at the centre of his theory. According to Marx, relations of production condition classes. While one class produces, the other exploits the productions of the former class. In Hegel, the Slave obtains its certainty as self-consciousness while it produces, whereas in Marx, the worker, who produces, is alienated form him/herself in the capitalist mode of production. To sum up, both Hegel and Marx emphasize the mutual relation between consciousness and life, but their divergent aims lead to them constructing this relation with different concepts on different foundations.

Au cours des années 1970, les forces politiques mondiales se sont engagées dans la course pour donner de nouveau du souffle à un projet capitaliste d’intégration internationale. Après la faillite du « lourd » modèle keynésien-fordiste, le consensus autour de l’adoption des principes néolibéraux pour faciliter la libéralisation des économies se réaffirme comme prémisse pour la survie de ce système. Cette facette du processus de globalisation impose la nécessité, au nom du marché et d’une politique d’intégration, d’ajustement des sociétés des pays tant du Sud que du Nord.Cependant, presque au même temps, déjà à la fin des années 1970, des groupes s’organisent pour protester contre la montée du néolibéralisme, contre la dette des pays sous-développés, contre la précarisation de la vie… dans une perspective plutôt anti-globalisation, devenu plus tard, altermondialiste (un autre monde est possible). Au plan théorique, pour les sciences sociales il s’agit de comprendre les enjeux de ces mobilisations aussi bien que les projets des sujets qui en sont engagés. Notre interrogation, en fait, partie de questions séparées (compréhension du mouvement altermondialiste et lecture critique de la théorisation de Negri) a permis de reprendre l’analyse d’un des mouvements politiques et sociaux majeurs de la période et de faire passer des théorisations au feu du besoin de comprendre ce mouvement avec sa dynamique et ses contradictions. L’idée directrice de cette thèse consiste à affirmer que les projets utopiques d’une transformation globale, altermondialistes ou anticapitalistes, qui s’esquissent de plus en plus avec le renforcement de la globalisation néolibérale, notamment après la plus récente crise du capitalisme mondial, met en cause l’usage de la conception imagée de la “multitude” telle qu’elle a été reformulée par les negristes. Cela a amené à mobiliser d’autres ressources de théoriciens qui montrent l’apport de Marx et sa pertinence pour mieux comprendre notre époque. Pour les negristes nous sommes devant l’action de la multitude d’inspiration spinoziste contre le pouvoir d’un Empire en crise ; pour nous, il importe d’actualiser sous une autre perspective, la notion marxienne du prolétariat en tant qu’expressive d’un être social et historique exploité, dominé et humilié à partir des contributions diverses de marxistes contemporains tels Georges Lukács, Ernst Bloch, Henri Lefebvre, Pierre Naville, Jean-Marie Vincent mais aussi de Michael Löwy, Flávio Farias, Atilio Borón, pour penser les figures de l’anticipation concrète en lutte contre les institutions de l’impérialisme global, orientées vers un nouvel avenir. Pour cela, ce travail de thèse qui porte en somme sur l’actualité de la catégorie-figure prolétariat en dépit de la conceptualisation negriste de l’image de la multitude, se divise en quatre grandes parties. En ce qui concerne les techniques de recherche de ce travail de thèse, un premier temps a été consacré à la lecture critique des principaux auteurs sur les concepts en question, à savoir l’Empire versus la multitude postmodernes. De même de certains auteurs marxistes du XXe siècle qui venaient appuyer notre hypothèse à propos de la pertinence à l’heure actuelle d’utiliser la catégorie de la lutte des classes. Nous mettons donc à contribution les auteurs qui ont traité la catégorie prolétariat en tant que figure qui subit l’oppression de l’impérialisme global, en vue de rendre un cadre catégoriel valable pour une sociologie des mouvements sociaux. / During the 1970s, world political forces embarked on the race to breathe new life into a capitalist project of international integration. After the bankruptcy of the "heavy" keynesian-fordist model, the consensus around the adoption of neoliberal principles to facilitate the liberalization of economies reaffirms itself as a premise for the survival of this system. This facet of the process of globalization imposes the necessity, in the name of the market and an integration policy, of the adjustment the societies of the countries of both the South and the North.However, almost at the same time, already in the end of the 1970s, groups organized to protest against the rise of neoliberalism, contra the debt of underdeveloped countries, contra the precariousness of life ... in a perspective rather anti-globalization, later become alter-globalist (another world is possible). On the theoretical level, for the social sciences it is a matter of understanding the stakes of these mobilizations as well as the projects of the subjects who are engaged. Our interrogation, in fact, part of separate questions (understanding of the alter-globalization movement and a critical reading of Negri's theorization) made it possible to resume the analysis of one of the major political and social movements of the period and to pass these theorizations by the real need to understand this movement with its dynamics and its contradictions.The main idea of this thesis consists in asserting that the utopian projects of a global transformation, alter-globalization or anti-capitalist, which are more and more outlined with the reinforcement of the neoliberal globalization, especially after the most recent crisis of the world capitalism, put in check the use of the pictorial conception of the "multitude" as it has been reformulated by the negrists. This has mobilized other resources of theorists who show the contribution of Marx and its relevance to better understand our time. For the negrists we are faced with the action of the multitude of spinozist inspiration against the power of an Empire in crisis; for us, it is important to update from another perspective the marxian notion of the proletariat as expressive of a social and historical being exploited, dominated and humiliated from the diverse contributions of contemporary marxists such as Georges Lukács, Ernst Bloch, Henri Lefebvre, Pierre Naville, Jean-Marie Vincent but also Michael Löwy, Flavio Farias, Atilio Borón, to think the figures of the concrete anticipation in struggle against the institutions of global imperialism, oriented towards a new future. For this reason, this thesis work, which in fact deals with the actuality of the proletarian category-figure despite the negrist conceptualization of the image of the multitude, is divided into four major parts.With regard to the research techniques of this thesis work, a first step was devoted to the critical reading of the main authors on the concepts in question, namely the Empire versus the postmodern multitude. So are some marxist writers of the twentieth century who supported our hypothesis about the relevance actual of updating the category of the class struggle. We therefore call on the authors who have treated the proletariat category as a figure who is undergoing the oppression of global imperialism, with a view to making a categorical framework valid for a sociology of social movements. / Ao longo dos anos 1970, as forças políticas mundiais se engajaram na corrida com vistas a conferir novo fôlego a um projeto capitalista de integração internacional. Após a falência do “pesado” modelo keynesiano-fordista, o consenso em torno da adoção dos princípios neoliberais para facilitar a liberalização das economias, se reafirma como premissa para a sobrevida desse sistema. Esta faceta do processo de globalização impõe a necessidade, em nome do mercado e de uma política de integração, de ajustamento das sociedades dos países tanto do Sul quanto do Norte. No entanto, quase ao mesmo tempo, já no fim dos anos 1970, vários grupos se organizam para protestar contra a escalada do neoliberalismo, contra a dívida dos países subdesenvolvidos, contra a precarização da vida... numa perspectiva antiglobalização, tornada mais tarde, altermundialista (um outro mundo é possível). No plano teórico, para as ciências sociais, trata-se de compreender as especificidades dessas mobilizações, assim como os projetos dos sujeitos engajados nessa perspectiva mobilizatória. Nossa interrogação, que de fato parte de questões separadas (análise do movimento altermundialista e leitura crítica da teorização de Negri), permitiu a retomada dessa análise acerca de um dos movimentos políticos e sociais mais expressivos da contemporaneidade e de passar essas teorizações pela real necessidade de compreender esse movimento com a sua dinâmica e suas contradições. A ideia diretriz dessa tese consiste em afirmar que os projetos utópicos de uma transformação global, altermundialista ou anticapitalistas, que se esboçam com o aprofundamento da globalização neoliberal, destacadamente após a mais recente crise do capitalismo mundial, coloca em xeque o uso da concepção imagética da “multidão” tal que ela foi reformulada pelos negristas. Isso levou a mobilizar outras fontes teóricas que demonstram que a contribuição de Marx e a pertinência desta para melhor compreender nossa época. Para os negristas estamos diante da ação da multidão de inspiração espinosista contra o poder de um Império em crise; para nós, importa atualizar sob outra perspectiva, a noção marxiana do proletariado como expressiva de um ser social e histórico explorado, dominado e humilhado a partir das contribuições diversas de marxistas contemporâneos tais George Lukács, Ernst Bloch, Henri Lefebvre, Pierre Naville, Jean-Marie Vincent e também Michael Löwy, Flávio Farias, Atilio Borón, para pensar as figuras da antecipação concreta em luta contra as instituições do imperialismo global, orientadas para um novo amanhã. Para tanto, esse trabalho de tese que trata em suma sobre a atualidade da categoria-figura proletariado em detrimento da conceitualização negrista da imagem da multidão, se divide em quatro grandes partes.No tocante as técnicas de pesquisa desse trabalho de tese, o primeiro tempo foi consagrado à leitura crítica dos principais autores sobre os conceitos em questão, a saber, o Império versus a multidão pós-modernos. Da mesma forma, de certos autores marxistas do século XX que vieram apoiar nossa hipótese a propósito da pertinência em nossos dias, em se utilizar a categoria luta de classes. Partimos então das contribuições dos autores que trataram a categoria proletariado enquanto figura que sofre a opressão do imperialismo global, em vista de tornar esse referencial teórico-metodológico, um quadro categorial válido para uma sociologia dos movimentos sociais.

L’objectif de ce mémoire consiste à proposer un nouveau cadre de référence conceptuel pour aborder le marxisme et, a fortiori, son interprétation léniniste. Nous retraçons dans l’œuvre de Karl Marx (1818-1883) deux paradigmes élaborés successivement : le paradigme anthropo-métaphysique, compris à la fois en tant que continuité et rupture avec la philosophie classique allemande, et le paradigme économico-historique, qui supporte la théorie du matérialisme historique. Nous démontrons que le paradigme économico-historique s’est consolidé sur la base du paradigme anthropo-métaphysique de manière à lui conférer une systématicité scientifique. Pour saisir les fondements du léninisme, nous décidons de circonscrire notre investigation à trois notions clefs à partir desquelles il sera possible d’évaluer l’apport original de Lénine comparativement aux écrits de Marx: (1) l’alliance du prolétariat et de la paysannerie, (2) le rôle d’avant-garde du parti et (3) la dictature du prolétariat et la violence politique. Nous constatons que l’interprétation léniniste de chacune de ces trois notions s’appuie sur un certain nombre de concepts ou de textes présents dans le corpus marxiste. De ce constat, notre tâche consiste à déterminer à partir de quelle grille de lecture paradigmatique du marxisme le léninisme a pu s’édifier en tant que doctrine. / The aim of this paper is to offer a new conceptual framework within which to study Marxism and, a fortiori, its Leninist interpretation. We retrace in the works of Karl Marx (1818-1883) two paradigms elaborated consecutively: anthropo-metaphysical paradigm, understood as both in continuity and in rupture with German classical philosophy, and economico-historical paradigm, which conveys the theory of historical materialism. We demonstrate how economico-historical paradigm consolidates itself on the basis of anthropo-metaphysical paradigm in order that the latter yield scientific systematicity. To grasp the foundations of Leninism, we restrain our investigation to three key notions from which to evaluate Lenin’s original contribution to the writings of Marx: (1) the alliance of the proletariat and the peasantry, (2) the vanguard role of the party, and (3) the dictatorship of the proletariat and political violence. We note that the Leninist interpretation of each of these notions rests on a certain amount of concepts or positions present in the Marxist corpus. From this ascertainment, our task is to establish from which paradigmatic framework Leninism has established itself as a doctrine.

Cette thèse se propose d'étudier, dans le cadre d'une exégèse des textes de Marx compris entre 1844 et 1867, la manière dont ce dernier a conçu la prostitution et les rapports entre les sexes. La prostitution se présente tout d'abord de façon double : elle est associé au mariage et à la propriété privée familiale et elle désigne une activité sociale proprement dite. Pour éclairer le rapport de Marx à ces questions, il est nécessaire de faire retour sur sa conception du prolétariat et des classes sociales. L'analyse suivie des textes de Marx montre que c'est à partir de 1845, lorsque Marx pose sa propre conception des classes sociale, qu'il pose d'une part, la notion de Lumpenproletariat et d'autre part, le concept de la propriété privée familiale. L'activité sociale prostitutionnelle est alors définitivement rangée dans le Lumpenproletariat et l'association entre le mariage et la prostitution n'est plus valable que pour la bourgeoisie, la famille ouvrière ayant été dissoute. L'évolution théorique de Marx le conduit à réintroduire le concept de la famille pour la classe ouvrière, concept qui lui permettra dans le livre I du Capital d'envisager les rapports entre les sexes de manière contradictoire au sein de la classe ouvrière. Les rapports entre les sexes, envisagés d'abord d'un point de vue générique et du point de vue de la propriété privée familiale, conduiront Marx à mettre en lumière le processus d'individualisation des « membres » de la famille ouvrière après l'entrée des femmes et des enfants dans le monde social du travail. Ce travail s'inscrit dans l'histoire de la philosophie, il a donc pour ambition une lecture interne de l’œuvre de Marx qui permette de mettre en lumière sa position sur la prostitution et les rapports entre les sexes mais il a aussi vocation à permettre d'ouvrir un dialogue entre les courants du marxisme et les études de genre dans une perspective interdisciplinaire. / This dissertation studies, in the framework of an exegesis of the texts of Marx between 1844 and 1867, the way in which the former conceived of prostitution and of the relations between the sexes. Prostitution is presented in two ways: it is associated with marriage and private family property and it designates a social activity, as such. To shed light on Marx's report to these questions, it is necessary to review his conception of the proletariat and social classes. An analysis of Marx's texts shows that this begins in 1845, when Marx conceived of his own conception of social class. He proposed, on the one hand, the concept of Lumpenproletariat and, on the other hand, the concept of private family property. The social activity of prostitution is thus definitely included in the Lumpenproletariat; further, the association between marriage and prostitution is only valid for the bourgeoisie, as the working class family had been dissolved. Marx's theoretical evolution led him to reintroduce the concept of the family for the working class, a concept that would enable him in Book I of Capital to envisage relations between the sexes in a contradictory manner within the working class. The relationship between the sexes, first considered from both a generic point of view and from the point of view of private family ownership, will lead Marx to highlight the process of individualization of the "members" of the working class family after the entry of women and children into the social world of work. This work is part of the history of philosophy, so the ambition of this dissertation is to read internally the work of Marx that highlights its position on prostitution and gender relations; it also aims to to open a dialogue between the currents of Marxism and gender studies in an interdisciplinary perspective.

This thesis focuses on the possibilities of precarity as a perspective in the field of literary studies in order to analyse how insecurity is portrayed in literature. Sweden has a great tradition of proletarian literature, but researchers in the neoliberal era find it problematic to understand the emancipating aspects of the new proletarian literature that does not focus on collective movement and articulated emancipation. This thesis explores the possibilities of precarity as a perspective for analysing how literature narrated through an individual and passive perspective can work as a social critique. The analysis focuses on the novels Kärlekens Antarktis [The Antarctica of Love] by Sara Stridsberg and De afghanska sönerna [The Afghan Sons] by Elin Persson and tries to answer questions about how these novels portray precarity and how the perspective of precarity enables an understanding of how the novels work as social criticism. The thesis mostly uses theories by Judith Butler and Isabell Lorey, and the analysis uses a comparative method in combination with a reading that focuses on the thematics of precarity. This is disposed in connection to Lorey’s three dimensions of precarity – precariousness, precarity, and governmental precarization. The analysis results in an understanding of how these kinds of novels can capture the biopolitical perspective, where politics and life emerge. The reading’s focus on the aspect of the body, followed by the hierarchical and societal aspects, shows how the novels’ individual perspectives can have collective tendencies in connection to the reader’s ability to feel solidarity with the characters.

This thesis is a theoretical-historical attribute and focuses on the theory of classes and class conflict, on the genesis of the concept of class. The thesis will analyze the authors and directions-schools that have had an impact on the ideological founder of the concept Karl Marx and also how they developed their thinking. Marx nor any other author of the term "class, classes, class" never clearly defined. It is a historical and sociological perspective on the concept of "class", which is often defined differently, and still there is any clear definition, which would approve whole academic community. In modern societies, the term "class" is not used so often and has been replaced by the concept of social stratification. In recent years, the "classes" being discussed by worldwide experts, but the solution is still not found. Nevertheless, this work is optimistic and the author clearly advocates that the term "class" will not vanish from professional sociological discourse.

This thesis is a theoretical-historical attribute and focuses on the theory of classes and class conflict, on the genesis of the concept of class. The thesis will analyze the authors and directions-schools that have had an impact on the ideological founder of the concept Karl Marx and also how they developed their thinking. Marx nor any other author of the term "class, classes, class" never clearly defined. It is a historical and sociological perspective on the concept of "class", which is often defined differently, and still there is any clear definition, which would approve whole academic community. In modern societies, the term "class" is not used so often and has been replaced by the concept of social stratification. In recent years, the "classes" being discussed by worldwide experts, but the solution is still not found. Nevertheless, this work is optimistic and the author clearly advocates that the term "class" will not vanish from professional sociological discourse.