How to Be an Anticapitalist in the Twenty-First Century

Erin reviewed How to Be an Anticapitalist in the Twenty-First Century by Michael Burawoy

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No rating

I decided not to rate this one because I don’t really know what I’d rate it or what would be fair. I didn’t retain much of it!

There were parts of the middle especially that were so abstract, full of words I couldn’t get a handle on. It was difficult to understand what he meant. I wish he had spent more time on an even more basic level, defining terms, so that I could potentially follow the thread of his points better.

martattack reviewed How to Be an Anticapitalist in the Twenty-First Century by Michael Burawoy

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5 stars

OK it was intellectually amazing but of course sometimes harder to read cuz ESSAY.

To me, a person with next to no education on economics/politics/social sciences, this book was SO NICE - it gently takes you by the hand and tells u: honey, I'm going to tell you all about this, first I'll explain this and then that, so that at the end you'll get a nice understanding of what I'm trying to say, get a warm blanket, sit back and relax, hope u like it.

I mean I clearly enjoyed it cuz I have the same political inclinations but in a very vague, almost emotional kind of way. Erik Olin Wright tells you why such political inclinations actually make sense! They're feasible, they can happen, and we can make them happen if we approach it like this. Basically he walks you through 1) why capitalism is problematic, 2) existing …

OK it was intellectually amazing but of course sometimes harder to read cuz ESSAY.

To me, a person with next to no education on economics/politics/social sciences, this book was SO NICE - it gently takes you by the hand and tells u: honey, I'm going to tell you all about this, first I'll explain this and then that, so that at the end you'll get a nice understanding of what I'm trying to say, get a warm blanket, sit back and relax, hope u like it.

I mean I clearly enjoyed it cuz I have the same political inclinations but in a very vague, almost emotional kind of way. Erik Olin Wright tells you why such political inclinations actually make sense! They're feasible, they can happen, and we can make them happen if we approach it like this. Basically he walks you through 1) why capitalism is problematic, 2) existing approaches to anti (or non) capitalism, and 3) actual anticapitalist practices that can occur both at state and societal level, which would result in a socialist state where capitalist practices exist but are not THAT mainstream and problematic.

Honestly it's so good that I want to get a copy for my neoliberal, capitalist dad, hoping itll change his mind. Pls borrow it from me. Also spoiler alert: WE NEED UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME

enzyme reviewed How to Be an Anticapitalist in the Twenty-First Century by Michael Burawoy

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4 stars

Confronts the challenges and inefficacies of our economic system, but doesn't provide as substantive of arguments against state power as other theorists have pointed out. Wright, however, does provide useful insights for describing how unjust systems can be resisted.