{"product_id":"engaging-erik-olin-wright","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":"paperback","offer_id":50250834280586,"sku":"lcr1789935923630","price":22.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"ebook (US)","offer_id":50250834313354,"sku":"ppe1789935923631","price":10.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"ebook (UK)","offer_id":50250834346122,"sku":"juq1789935923632","price":20.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0774\/9507\/4954\/files\/engaging-erik-olin-wright_1.jpg?v=1789935927","url":"https:\/\/pulseformv.shop\/products\/engaging-erik-olin-wright","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}