SOCIOLOGIST

Erik Olin Wright

1947 - 2019

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Erik Olin Wright (February 9, 1947 – January 23, 2019) was an American analytical Marxist sociologist at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, specializing in social stratification and in egalitarian alternative futures to capitalism. He was known for diverging from classical Marxism in his breakdown of the working class into subgroups of diversely held power and therefore varying degrees of class consciousness. Wright introduced novel concepts to adapt to this change of perspective including deep democracy and interstitial revolution. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Erik Olin Wright is the 60th most popular sociologist (down from 57th in 2019), the 6,783rd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,271st in 2019) and the 22nd most popular American Sociologist.

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS

Among sociologists, Erik Olin Wright ranks 60 out of 79. Before her are George Ritzer, Gøsta Esping-Andersen, Lewis A. Coser, Arlie Russell Hochschild, George C. Homans, and Maksim Kovalevsky. After her are Jeffrey C. Alexander, Michael Mann, Claus Offe, Henri Hubert, Göran Therborn, and Loïc Wacquant.

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Among people born in 1947, Erik Olin Wright ranks 483. Before her are David Chiang, Robert Hays, Juliet Berto, Jan T. Gross, Michèle Torr, and Richard Lewis. After her are Candy Clark, Liu Yunshan, Lee Kerslake, Alexis Herman, Charles Rabemananjara, and Lynn Anderson. Among people deceased in 2019, Erik Olin Wright ranks 313. Before her are Tania Mallet, Dr. John, Christian Bach, Mark Zakharov, Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio, and Albert Razin. After her are Ndaye Mulamba, Li Rui, Tevfik Kış, Arif Malikov, Marlen Khutsiev, and Warren Cole.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Erik Olin Wright ranks 6,785 out of 20,380. Before her are Almon Brown Strowger (1839), Jerry Schatzberg (1927), James Shigeta (1929), Courtney B. Vance (1960), Ray Barretto (1929), and Duane Hanson (1925). After her are Gina Torres (1969), Debra Jo Rupp (1951), Jane Bowles (1917), Bob Backlund (1949), Timothy Pickering (1745), and Jack Lord (1920).

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS In United States

Among sociologists born in United States, Erik Olin Wright ranks 22. Before her are David Riesman (1909), Randall Collins (1941), James Samuel Coleman (1926), George Ritzer (1940), Arlie Russell Hochschild (1940), and George C. Homans (1910). After her are Jeffrey C. Alexander (1947), Theda Skocpol (1947), Robert Nisbet (1913), Rodney Stark (1934), and John Bellamy Foster (1953).

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