Interrogating Inequality: Essays on Class Analysis, Socialism and Marxism

Wright, Erik Olin

ISBN 10: 0860916332 / ISBN 13: 9780860916338

Published by Verso Books, 1994

About this Item

Minor shelf wear. Otherwise a square, tight, unmarked book. Index. xiii, 271 pp.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Interrogating Inequality: Essays on Class Analysis, Socialism and Marxism
• Publisher: Verso Books
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0860916332
• ISBN 13: 9780860916338
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Political Science

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Synopsis

This lively new collection from one of America’s leading sociologists covers a wide range of theoretical problems of interest to radical social scientists and political activists.

The book opens with a fascinating autobiographical essay exploring the challenges and benefits of being a Marxist scholar in the present era. Following this is a discussion of various issues in class analysis, with particular attention being paid to two overarching themes: class and inequality, and the relationship between class and power.

The second section of the book engages the problem of socialism as a possible future to capitalism. Wright attempts to clarify the conceptual status of socialism, and discusses why certain reforms such as basic income grants may ultimately require the introduction of some form of socialism for their full realization.

Interrogating Inequality concludes by examining the general problem of Marxism as a tradition of radical social theory. Three issues in particular are discussed: the central principles of “analytical Marxism” as a strategy for reconstructing Marxism as a social scientific theory; the relationship between Marxism and feminism as emancipatory social theories; and the prospects for Marxism in the aftermath of the collapse of communist regimes.

About the Author

Erik Olin Wright is Vilas Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin. He is the author of many books, including Classes, Interrogating Inequality, Class Counts, Deepening Democracy (with Archon Fung), and Envisioning Real Utopias. For more information on Envisioning Real Utopias and the Real Utopias project, and to access book content, please visit <a href="http://realutopias.org/">realutopias.org</a> (site in progress).