Erik Olin Wright
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Erik Olin Wright was an American sociologist and leading Marxist theorist known for his influential work on class analysis, social inequality, and visions of real utopias.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Erik Olin Wright canonical | 13 |
| Erik Olin Wright was a leading Marxist sociologist | 1 |
| Erik Olin Wright's class analysis project | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Erik Olin Wright Context triple: [Analytical Marxism, associatedWith, Erik Olin Wright]
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Loïc Wacquant
Loïc Wacquant is a French sociologist and social theorist known for his work on urban marginality, the penal state, and the body, often combining ethnography with critical theory.
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B.
Saskia Sassen
Saskia Sassen is a prominent sociologist best known for her work on globalization, migration, and the concept of the global city.
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C.
Nicos Poulantzas
Nicos Poulantzas was a Greek-French Marxist political sociologist and theorist best known for his influential analyses of the capitalist state, class structure, and authoritarianism within the tradition of Western Marxism.
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D.
Sheldon Wolin
Sheldon Wolin was an influential American political theorist best known for his work on democracy, power, and the concept of “inverted totalitarianism.”
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E.
Nancy Fraser
Nancy Fraser is an American critical theorist and feminist philosopher known for her influential work on social justice, redistribution and recognition, and critiques of contemporary capitalism and democracy.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Erik Olin Wright Target entity description: Erik Olin Wright was an American sociologist and leading Marxist theorist known for his influential work on class analysis, social inequality, and visions of real utopias.
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A.
Loïc Wacquant
Loïc Wacquant is a French sociologist and social theorist known for his work on urban marginality, the penal state, and the body, often combining ethnography with critical theory.
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B.
Saskia Sassen
Saskia Sassen is a prominent sociologist best known for her work on globalization, migration, and the concept of the global city.
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C.
Nicos Poulantzas
Nicos Poulantzas was a Greek-French Marxist political sociologist and theorist best known for his influential analyses of the capitalist state, class structure, and authoritarianism within the tradition of Western Marxism.
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D.
Sheldon Wolin
Sheldon Wolin was an influential American political theorist best known for his work on democracy, power, and the concept of “inverted totalitarianism.”
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E.
Nancy Fraser
Nancy Fraser is an American critical theorist and feminist philosopher known for her influential work on social justice, redistribution and recognition, and critiques of contemporary capitalism and democracy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Marxist theorist
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academic ⓘ human ⓘ sociologist ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | acute myeloid leukemia ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1947 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2019 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Harvard University
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Oxford University ⓘ
linked to:
University of Oxford
University of California, Berkeley ⓘ |
| employer | University of Wisconsin–Madison ⓘ |
| familyName | Wright ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Marxist theory
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class analysis ⓘ political sociology ⓘ social inequality ⓘ social theory ⓘ sociology ⓘ |
| givenName | Erik ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline | political economy ⓘ |
| influenced |
contemporary class analysis in sociology
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debates on egalitarian social policy ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Karl Marx
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Max Weber ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
emancipatory social science
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real utopias ⓘ social class ⓘ social inequality ⓘ |
| memberOf | American Sociological Association ⓘ |
| movement |
Marxism
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analytical Marxism ⓘ
linked to:
Analytical Marxism
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| notableConcept |
contradictory class locations
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real utopias ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Approaches to Class Analysis
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Class Counts ⓘ Class, Crisis and the State ⓘ Classes ⓘ Deepening Democracy ⓘ Envisioning Real Utopias ⓘ Understanding Class ⓘ |
| occupation |
sociologist
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university teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Berkeley, California
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linked to:
Berkeley
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| placeOfDeath |
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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linked to:
Milwaukee
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| positionHeld |
president of the American Sociological Association
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professor of sociology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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Referenced by (15)
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linked to: Erik Olin Wright
linked to: Erik Olin Wright