Erik Olin Wright

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Erik Olin Wright was an American sociologist and leading Marxist theorist known for his influential work on class analysis, social inequality, and visions of real utopias.

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instanceOf Marxist theorist
academic
human
sociologist
causeOfDeath acute myeloid leukemia
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1947
dateOfDeath 2019
educatedAt Harvard University
University of Oxford
surface form: Oxford University

University of California, Berkeley
employer University of Wisconsin–Madison
familyName Wright
fieldOfWork Marxist theory
class analysis
political sociology
social inequality
social theory
sociology
givenName Erik
hasAcademicDiscipline political economy
influenced contemporary class analysis in sociology
debates on egalitarian social policy
influencedBy Karl Marx
Max Weber
languageOfWorkOrName English
mainInterest emancipatory social science
real utopias
social class
social inequality
memberOf American Sociological Association
movement Marxism
Analytical Marxism
surface form: analytical Marxism
notableConcept contradictory class locations
real utopias
notableWork Approaches to Class Analysis
Class Counts
Class, Crisis and the State
Classes
Deepening Democracy
Envisioning Real Utopias
Understanding Class
occupation sociologist
university teacher
placeOfBirth Berkeley
surface form: Berkeley, California
placeOfDeath Milwaukee
surface form: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
positionHeld president of the American Sociological Association
professor of sociology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison
sexOrGender male

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