真實烏托邦

by Erik Olin Wright

　E.O.Wright，曾任美國社會學會理事長，被譽為美國最著名的左派學者及公共知識分子之一。在為期四年、巡迴十八個國家、發表五十場演說並與群眾交流後，Wright集數十年研究及實踐的心得，交出這本《真實烏托邦》大作，激盪了這個看似已被資本主義所終結、但實則有許多人仍在嘗試尋找新出路的世界。

　　Wright在本書中診斷並批判了資本主義，他直陳單靠國家或資本主導的經濟活動，既不民主也不平等，無法促使人類社群蓬勃發展，而「真實烏托邦」可能是這場困局的解藥。Wright提出七條社會賦權的路徑，為社會轉型方向畫出地圖，並探討各種透過不同方式體現這些路徑的解放性替代方案（如維基百科、巴西愉港市的參與式市政預算編列、西班牙的蒙德拉貢工人合作社、魁北克的托育及老年照護制度、無條件基本收入制等），試圖為世界的基進民主平等願景提供經驗與理論基礎。

　　「真實烏托邦」試圖在資本主義經濟體內部的空隙，打造替代資本主義的方案，同時竭力捍衛並拓展這些空間，以便讓那些預示未來的解放性替代方案，能在其中萌生並茁壯，藉此侵蝕資本主義。對於渴望融入全球化卻又畏懼失去主體性或加劇社會不平等的臺灣而言，本書無疑是相當重要的啟發，為我們揭示了社會主義的烏托邦為何仍值得追求且該如何追求。

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Published January 1, 2015

About the author

Erik Olin Wright was an American analytical Marxist sociologist, specializing in social stratification, and in egalitarian alternative futures to capitalism. He was the (2012) President of the American Sociological Association.
Erik Olin Wright received two BAs (from Harvard College in 1968, and from Balliol College in 1970), and the PhD from University of California, Berkeley, in 1976. Since that time, he has been a professor of sociology at University of Wisconsin - Madison.
Wright has been described as an "influential new left theorist." His work is concerned mainly with the study of social classes, and in particular with the task of providing an update to and elaboration of the Marxist concept of class, in order to enable Marxist and non-Marxist researchers alike to use 'class' to explain and predict people's material interests, lived experiences, living conditions, incomes, organizational capacities and willingness to engage in collective action, political leanings, etc. In addition, he has attempted to develop class categories that would allow researchers to compare and contrast the class structures and dynamics of different advanced capitalist and 'post-capitalist' societies.