THE CLASSICAL THEORIES AND THEIR USEFULNESS IN THE SA CONTEXT

1. Max Weber, his theory has two aspects that Murphy used, SARCE RESOURSES(he maintained that the impact of capitalist development resulted in growth on scarce resources) and FORMAL RATIONALIZATION & SUBSTANTIVE RATIONALITY. Formal rationalization promotes pervasive logic whereby profit and efficiency reigns supreme whereas substantive rationality promotes disregarding of the impact on the environment which result in scarcity, extinction and degradation.

In the SA context the extraction of raw material(gold, platinum) without being concern with the environmental impacts of the extractions, will results in remaining LDC and deteriorate our environment even further.

2. Karl Marx, emphasizes the problem of the fertility of the soil within capitalist agriculture, because its agriculture is focused on making a quick profit putting ahead the soil(environment) or people( community). He also raises concern on industrial revolution, which removes rural people from nature and drive them into crowded, polluted cities, while the soil is drained its nutrients.

In the SA context. rural-urban migration has a great impact on the environment, as people are put in crowded places, in which they pollute due to their carbon footprint and they leave the farm arears with no one to take take of, making it prone to being infertile soil.