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Why Smashing Capitalism Can Be Dangerous
- Wright objects to a pure 'smash capitalism' model on feasibility and desirability grounds.
- Rapid ruptural change risks authoritarian outcomes because democratic processes often can't consolidate under extreme external pressures.
Use Three Criteria For Emancipatory Research
- Emancipatory social science must test three criteria: desirability, feasibility, and viability.
- Use these criteria to map structural possibilities and design realistic transformative strategies.
Reclaiming Imagination From Political Cynicism
- Wright defends a revived role for anticipatory thinking against late-20th-century hesitance.
- He insists imaginative visions matter because skepticism about grand designs can become a self-fulfilling political cynicism.