Erik O. Wright Books

Erik Olin Wright was an influential analytical Marxist sociologist specializing in social stratification and egalitarian alternative futures to capitalism. His work primarily focused on the study of social classes and on updating and elaborating the Marxist concept of class. Wright sought to develop class categories that would allow for comparison and contrast of class structures and dynamics across different advanced capitalist and post-capitalist societies. His aim was to understand how class influences people's material interests, lived experiences, and collective action.