How to Be an Anticapitalist in the Twenty-First Century

by Erik Olin Wright, Michael Burawoy

hardcover, 176 pages

Published Sept. 3, 2019 by Verso.

ISBN:: 978-1-78873-605-3

(7 reviews)

What is wrong with capitalism, and how can we change it?

Capitalism has transformed the world and increased our productivity, but at the cost of enormous human suffering. Our shared values - equality and fairness, democracy and freedom, community and solidarity - can both provide the basis for a critique of capitalism, and help to guide us towards a socialist and democratic society.

In this elegant book, Erik Olin Wright has distilled decades of work into a concise and tightly argued manifesto - analyzing the varieties of anti-capitalism, assessing different strategic approaches, and laying the foundations for a society dedicated to human flourishing. How to Be an Anticapitalist in the 21st Century is an urgent and powerful argument for socialism, and a unparalleled guide to help us get there. Another world is possible.

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

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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.

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.