{"product_id":"engaging-erik-olin-wright-between-class-analysis-and-real-utopias","title":"Engaging Erik Olin Wright","description":"When the renowned social scientist Erik Olin Wright passed away in 2019 at the height of his intellectual powers, he left behind an unfinished project intended to forge a connection between class analysis and real utopias. In taking up this project, the essays in this volume pay tribute to his generative theory, crystalline thinking, inspirational teaching, and personal generosity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \"Friends of the late Erik Olin Wright celebrate his life and work with essays  about his lifelong preoccupations with analytical Marxism and the transformation of capitalist societies. The result is a beautiful book that glows with  intelligence, optimism, and love.\" \u003cb\u003eFRANCES FOX PIVEN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \"Erik Wright succumbed to cancer while he was advancing a decades-long project of envisioning real utopias-designs for a workable socialism. The essays in this superb volume recount this monumental undertaking and also advance it in significant ways.\" \u003cb\u003eVIVEK CHIBBER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \"Erik Olin Wright devoted his brilliant mind to the challenging task of rethinking and reimagining socialism after the fall of the Soviet Union and China's  turn towards full-blown capitalism. In this tribute to his work, progressive intellectuals and activists bring forward and deepen Wright's trail-blazing Real Utopias Project amidst the current deep crisis of capitalism.\" \u003cb\u003eWALDEN BELLO\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \"These rich and compelling essays testify to the power and actuality of Erik Olin Wright's thought, as well as to his dialogism, mentorship, and influence. A terrific read and a fitting tribute to a brilliant scholar and beloved comrade.\" \u003cb\u003eNANCY FRASER\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Verso Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49714562662744,"sku":"9781804294727","price":31.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/engaging-erik-olin-wright-between-class-analysis-and-real-utopias","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}