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Envisioning Real Utopias

By Erik Olin Wright

Book information

Publisher
Verso
Year
2010
ISBN
184467617X, 9781844676170, 1844676188, 9781844676187
LCC
HX73 .W75 2010
Open Library ID
OL24430572M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1589967 bytes)
Pages
288\288
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

A leading sociologist proposes a new framework for a socialist alternative.Rising inequality of income and power, along with recent convulsions in the finance sector, have made the search for alternatives to unbridled capitalism more urgent than ever. Yet few are attempting this task—most analysts argue that any attempt to rethink our social and economic relations is utopian. Erik Olin Wright’s major new work is a comprehensive assault on the quietism of contemporary social theory. A systematic reconstruction of the core values and feasible goals for Left theorists and political actors, Envisioning Real Utopias lays the foundations for a set of concrete, emancipatory alternatives to the capitalist system. Characteristically rigorous and engaging, this will become a landmark of social thought for the twenty-first century.

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