Stardust to Stardust: Reflections on Living and Dying

Erik Olin Wright, one of the most important sociologists of his time, takes readers along on his intimate and brave journey toward death, and asks the big questions about human mortality.

From the renowned Marxist sociologist and educator Erik Olin Wright, Stardust to Stardust is a curated collection of writings from the months of his treatment and hospitalization for acute myeloid leukemia. This combination of personal narrative with Wright's analytical perspective results in a deeply complex, philosophical meditation on death and the meaning of existence.

Author: Erik Olin Wright
Publisher: Haymarket Books
Published: 04/25/2023
Pages: 260
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9781642599206
ISBN10: 1642599204
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Social Scientists & Psychologists
- Social Science | Death & Dying
- Biography & Autobiography | Medical (Incl. Patients)

About the Author

Erik Olin Wright (1947-2019) was Vilas Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin. He authored many books, including Classes, Interrogating Inequality, Class Counts, Deepening Democracy (with Archon Fung), and Envisioning Real Utopias.