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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.
Did Roberto Mangabeira Unger face any setbacks in his career?
Roberto Mangabeira Unger published the books that stirred up controversy in schools across America, challenged legal scholarship, and made proposals for legal education.
Are there any other interesting aspects about the Roberto Mangabeira Unger article?
Roberto Mangabeira Unger's analysis of liberalism and the philosophical program he builds around rethinking the individual has also inspired new thinking and approaches to psychiatry.
Did Roberto Mangabeira Unger finish his magnum opus?
Roberto Mangabeira Unger's opus was published in 1987.

Question: How did the public react to this opus?
Self-contained rewrite: How did the public react to Roberto Mangabeira Unger's opus?