In a situation in which inequalities, both socioeconomic and as far as power relations are concerned, grow without truce or control, the search for alternatives to unbridled capitalism becomes an imperative duty. Few are, however, who have tackled this pressing task, shielded in that any attempt to rethink established relationships borders on utopia.

This masterful work constitutes a full-blown attack against a certain complacency that dominates the landscape of contemporary social theory; systematic reconstruction of the fundamental values and feasible objectives for a theory and a praxis of lefts, in Building real utopias Erik Olin Wright lays the foundation for a set of alternatives, concrete and emancipatory, to the capitalist system. Rigorous and committed, these utopias, very real, are called to become a milestone of social thought of the 21st century.