“Social Freedom” in the Twenty-First Century: Rereading Polanyi
2017; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 51; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/00213624.2017.1391565
ISSN1946-326X
Autores Tópico(s)Elite Sociology and Global Capitalism
Resumo:Karl Polanyi's analysis of the genesis, crises, and institutional transformations of contemporary society is grounded on a theory of the basic features and dynamics of capitalism as a peculiar form of society. This article intends to develop this thesis on the basis of a reading of Polanyi's The Great Transformation, with references to Polanyi's preceding and later research. Polanyi's theoretical and methodological achievements suggest a wide comparative outlook and offer a critique of economics, in addition to being deeply connected with his political philosophy. Polanyi's approach seems to be nearer to the original institutional thought — from Karl Marx to Thorstein Veblen, from Max Weber to Adolf Löwe and Karl William Kapp — than to current neo-institutional tendencies in economics, sociology, and historiography. The hard problems society presently faces suggest the need to adhere to Polanyi's radical point of view — that is, to a radical approach to Polanyi's thought.
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