Erik Olin Wright: How to be an anti-capitalist for the 21st century?

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Erik Olin Wright is Vilas Distinguished Professor at the University of Wisconsin. His work has been centrally concerned with reconstructing the Marxist tradition to make it more relevant to contemporary concerns and more cogent as a scientific framework.  His empirical research has focused especially on class. Since 1992 he has directed The Real Utopias Project which explores proposals for new institutional designs that embody emancipatory ideals and yet are attentive to issues of pragmatic feasibility. He was president of the American Sociological Association in 2011-12.