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Thomas Piketty und das Massaker von Marikana
Thomas Piketty and the Marikana Massacre
[Zeitschriftenartikel]
Abstract Thomas Piketty opens his bestselling Capital in the Twenty-first Century with the spectre of South Africa’s 2012 Marikana Massacre. He uses the example to illustrate the awful realities of contemporary inequality, the way these throw up "distributional conflict", and the threat that is posed to demo... mehr
Thomas Piketty opens his bestselling Capital in the Twenty-first Century with the spectre of South Africa’s 2012 Marikana Massacre. He uses the example to illustrate the awful realities of contemporary inequality, the way these throw up "distributional conflict", and the threat that is posed to democratic societies. This article responds to Piketty’s "telescope of historically grounded economics" with the "microscope of forensic sociology". What Piketty finds is a conflict over production of value, not just its distribution, and the way this is rooted in a capitalist crisis. Moreover, the massacre arose from a commonality of interests linking the victims' employer, a major mining corporation, and South Africa’s social democratic government. Despite loss of lives, workers continued their struggle and won a significant victory. It is proposed that, in keeping with Piketty's account of historical reversals in inequality trends, and in contrast with his latest proposals, the creation of egalitarian society will involve massive social struggles, of which Marikana is a small yet important example.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Republik Südafrika; Bergmann; Streik; Arbeitskampf; Massaker
Klassifikation
allgemeine Geschichte
Sprache Dokument
Deutsch
Publikationsjahr
2015
Seitenangabe
S. 12-28
Zeitschriftentitel
PERIPHERIE - Politik, Ökonomie, Kultur, 35 (2015) 1
Heftthema
Klassenfragen
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3224/peripherie.v35i137.23010
ISSN
2366-4185
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Lizenz
Creative Commons - Namensnennung, Weitergabe unter gleichen Bedingungen 4.0