Envisioning real utopias
A comprehensive assault on the quietism of contemporary social theory. Building on a work analyzing the class system in the developed world, as well as exploring the problem of the transition to a socialist alternative, it reconstructs the core values and feasible goals for Left theorists and political actors.
xviii, 394 p. : il. ; 23 cm
9781844676170, 184467617X
862121147
Contenido: Introduction: why real utopias?
The tasks of emancipatory social science
What's so bad about capitalism?
Thinking about alternatives to capitalism
The socialist compass
Real utopias I : social empowerment and the state
Real utopias II : social empowerment and the economy
Elements of a theory of transformation
Ruptural transformation
Insterstitial transformation
Symbiotic transformation
Conclusion: making utopias real