# Immanuel Wallerstein > a highly influential sociologist and radical intellectual > > – [[The Brilliant Immanuel Wallerstein Was an Anticapitalist Until the End]] > Wallerstein was the last surviving member of the affectionately named “Gang of Four” — an ensemble of scholars dedicated to the study (and abolition) of global capitalism that also included [[Samir Amin]], Andre Gunder Frank, and my doctoral advisor, Giovanni Arrighi > > – [[The Brilliant Immanuel Wallerstein Was an Anticapitalist Until the End]]