Real utopian sociology

South Asia

Middle East

Europe

North America

Real utopian sociology is an emancipatory social science created and practiced by Erik Olin Wright, the utopian studies scholar. the obvious contradiction in its work is intentional: this sociology seeks to find existing utopian projects in addition to evaluate their potential to replace systems of domination, particularly as an anti-capitalism strategy. Simply put, real utopian sociology is the inspect of feasible utopian models for society and pathways tothem.

Overview

Starting in 1991, Wright organized a series of workshop conferences required as The Real Utopian Project that proceeds example the practice of real utopian sociology. The conferences are sponsored by the A.E. Havens Center for Social Justice at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and structured around "a provocative manuscript that lays out the basic outlines of a radical institutional proposal." This manuscript is then returned to 15–20 scholars, who write essays on the topic. Prior to the conference these essays are circulated to all the conference participants and then each is discussed at the conference. coming after or as a calculation of. the conference, participants hold the possibility to make different their work previously it’s collectively published in Verso’s Real Utopias Project series; with the exception of papers from the number one 1991 conference, which were non published as a series.

Past conference topics include: Basic Income Grants; Secondary Associations and Democratic Governance; A framework for Market Socialism, which was organized around the book, A Future for Socialism, rather than a manuscript; efficient Redistribution in sophisticated Capitalism; Deepening Democracy; Rethinking Redistribution; Pensions and the a body or process by which energy or a particular component enters a system. of Capital Accumulation; Institutions for Gender Egalitarianism: creating the Conditions for Egalitarian Dual Earner/Dual Caregiver Families; Legislature by Lot; Pathways to a Cooperative Economy; and Democratizing Finance.