Envisioning Real Utopias by Erik Olin Wright (English) Paperback Book

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Envisioning Real Utopias by Erik Olin Wright A comprehensive assault on the quietism of contemporary social theory. Building on a work analyzing the class system in the developed world, as well as exploring the problem of the transition to a socialist alternative, it reconstructs the core values and feasible goals for Left theorists and political actors. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description 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 Wrights 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. Author Biography Erik Olin Wright (1947-2019) was Vilas Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin and former president of the American Sociological Association. He authored many books, including Classes, Interrogating Inequality, Class Counts, Deepening Democracy (with Archon Fung), and Envisioning Real Utopias Review [Wright] builds a strong case for an emancipatory social science. -- E. Kingsolver * Choice *A benchmark contribution to necessary radical thinking. -- Göran TherbornEncyclopedic in its breadth, daunting in its ambition, this is the culmination of Erik Olin Wrights revamping of Marxism ... Only a thinker of Wrights genius could sustain such a badly needed political imagination without losing analytical clarity and precision. -- Michael Burawoy, UC BerkeleyHugely rich and stimulating ... An incisive diagnosis of the harms done by capitalism; a masterful synthesis of the best work in political sociology and political economy over the past thirty years; and innovative theoretical framework for conceptualizing both the goals of progressive change and the strategies for their achievement; and inspiring survey of actually existing challenges to capitalism that have arisen within capitalism itself; and a compelling essay on the relation between the desirable, the viable and the achievable. Anyone interested in the future of leftist politics has to read this book. -- Adam Swift, Balliol College, OxfordThis book is both a manifesto and a guidebook: an argument for taking institutional design seriously, and a guide to how to do that. Its a book that sociologists will want to read, but also, frankly, that everyone in political theory and philosophy should be reading too. * Crooked Timber *A fascinating book. -- Guy Aitchison * openDemocracy * Promotional Leading sociologist proposes a new framework for a socialist alternative Review Text eoeEncyclopedic in its breadth, daunting in its ambition, Envisioning Real Utopias is the culmination of Erik Olin Wrighte(tm)s revamping of Marxism. Dispensing with ruptural change and laws of history, Wright restores the social to socialism. He keeps alive alternatives to capitalism by exploring real utopiase"their internal contradictions, their conditions of existence and, thus, their possible dissemination. Only a thinker of Wrighte(tm)s genius could sustain such a badly needed political imagination without losing analytical clarity and precision.e Review Quote "[Wright] builds a strong case for an emancipatory social science."-E. Kingsolver, Choice "A benchmark contribution to necessary radical thinking."-G Details ISBN184467617X Author Erik Olin Wright Short Title ENVISIONING REAL UTOPIAS Language English ISBN-10 184467617X ISBN-13 9781844676170 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2010 Imprint Verso Books Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 321.07 Residence WI, US NZ Release Date 2010-06-14 UK Release Date 2010-06-14 Series The Real Utopias Project Pages 416 Publisher Verso Books Publication Date 2010-06-14 Audience Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly AU Release Date 2010-06-07 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICY No questions asked, 30 day returns! FREE DELIVERY No matter where you are in the UK, delivery is free. SECURE PAYMENT Peace of mind by paying through PayPal and eBay Buyer Protection TheNile_Item_ID:161557877;

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