Challenging capitalism: what class struggles?
Channel: Centro de Estudos Sociais da Universidade de Coimbra
Date: 20/04/2020

At the opening section, Fred Block (University of California, Davis) presented a set of 9 theses about socialism and utopia. Dialogue with Erik Wright's ideas brought a critical aim of the current economic system, wondering about the trends of erosion of capitalism, and to what extent this transformation can or cannot lead to an alternative social model, on the path of social emancipation.