From Grand Paradigm Battles to Integrated Frameworks of Class Analysis

Erik Olin Wright (Professor of Sociology at University of Wisconsin - Madison)

Erik Olin Wright is one of the world’s leading sociologists and arguably the most well-known Marxist sociologist in the United States. He is also a Past President of the American Sociological Association.

Please join us for Prof Wright’s seminar on his new book, Understanding Class (Verso, 2015).

Venue: Macquarie University, North Ryde

Location: University Library Training Room M4.01

Date and time: Monday 20 July; 2:00 – 4:00.

Entrance: Free, RSVP to: Shaun.Wilson@mq.edu.au

Author: Adam David Morton

Adam David Morton is Professor of Political Economy in the Department of Political Economy at the University of Sydney. He is author of Unravelling Gramsci: Hegemony and Passive Revolution in the Global Political Economy (2007); Revolution and State in Modern Mexico: The Political Economy of Uneven Development (2011), recipient of the 2012 Book Prize of the British International Studies Association (BISA) International Political Economy Group (IPEG); and co-author of Global Capitalism, Global War, Global Crisis (2018) with Andreas Bieler. He co-edits Progress in Political Economy (PPE) with Gareth Bryant that was the recipient of the 2017 International Studies Association (ISA) Online Media Caucus Award for the Best Blog (Group) and the 2018 International Studies Association (ISA) Online Media Caucus Award for Special Achievement in International Studies Online Media.

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