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What did Roberto Mangabeira Unger do in sense of academics?
Roberto Mangabeira Unger worked on Politics: A Work In Constructive Social Theory, a three volume work that assessed classical social theory and developed a political, social, and economic alternative.
Did Roberto Mangabeira Unger write Knowledge and Politics and Law in Modern Society, or how was he influenced by them?
Knowledge and Politics and Law in Modern Society are both books written by Roberto Mangabeira Unger.
How did Roberto Mangabeira Unger continue with his academic career?
Roberto Mangabeira Unger devoted much of the following decades to further elaborating on the insights developed in Politics by working out the political and social alternatives.

Question: Did he face any setbacks in his career?
Self-contained rewrite: Did Roberto Mangabeira Unger face any setbacks in his career?