ISBN: 9780231176095
Editorial: Columbia
Año de edición: 2017
Edición: 1
N° Paginas: 400
Tipo de pasta: Pasta blanda
Descripción: Karl Polanyi (1886-1964) was one of the twentieth century's most original interpreters of the market economy. His penetrating analysis of globalization's disruptions and the Great Depression's underlying causes still serves as an effective counterargument to free market fundamentalism. This biography shows how the major personal and historical events of his life transformed him from a bourgeois radical into a Christian socialist but also informed his ambivalent stance on social democracy, communism, the New Deal, and the shifting intellectual scene of postwar America. The book begins with Polanyi's childhood in the Habsburg Empire and his involvement with the Great War and Hungary's postwar revolution. It connects Polanyi's idealistic radicalism to the political promise and intellectual ferment of Red Vienna and the horror of fascism. The narrative revisits Polanyi's oeuvre in English, German, and Hungarian, includes exhaustive research in five archives, and features interviews with Polanyi's daughter, students, and colleagues, clarifying the contradictory aspects of the thinker's work. These personal accounts also shed light on Polanyi's connections to scholars, Christians, atheists, journalists, hot and cold warriors, and socialists of all stripes. Karl Polanyi: A Life on the Left engages with Polanyi's biography as a reflection and condensation of extraordinary times. It highlights the historical ruptures, tensions, and upheavals that the thinker sought to capture and comprehend and, in telling his story, engages with the intellectual and political history of a turbulent epoch. Críticas A substantial and well-researched intellectual biography.--History of Political ThoughtA very well-written biography.--History of Economic IdeasA post‐democratic dystopia where efficiency acts as the arbiter of social ethics has by now (re‐)imposed itself, which explains why Polanyi's work has found its well‐deserved place among social scientists' classics. This is a reason enough to read about the historical context of Polanyi's lucid work and his interesting life. Dale gives an excellent account of both, though the work can speak for itself nonetheless.--David Hollanders, University of Amsterdam "British Journal of Industrial Relations "Reading this excellent biography gives a glimpse not only into the mind of Polanyi but also into the constantly changing nature of our economic system and the streams of social thought that strive to change it even further.--American Historical ReviewDale has delivered much-needed, excellent scholarship on the intellectual history of the twentieth century.--European History QuarterlyDale's invaluable portrait unsettles some of the received images of its subject, above all by tracing his intellectual journey in its full sweep.--DissentGareth Dale has done an outstanding job of recounting Polanyi's very full life in both the political and academic realms.... For those interested in the work, not only of Karl Polanyi... this book will be invaluable.--EH-NetGareth Dale's intellectual biography of Polanyi--the first such book--is exceptionally satisfying:thoughtful and engaging, detailed yet focused.--New Political ScienceGareth Dale's intellectual biography,Karl Polanyi: A Life on the Left, does a fine job of exploring the man, his work, and the political and intellectual setting in which he developed. This is not the first Polanyi biography, but it is the most comprehensive.--New York Review of BooksIlluminating.--Boston ReviewLike all good biographers, Dale convinces in subtle ways through a careful piecing together of the words and actions of his subject with diverse other sources and his deep knowledge of the encompassingmilieu--SoziopolisThe book can safely be considered the definitive biography of Polanyi, unlikely to become rivalled by any other that may emerge on the wave of Polanyi's increasing popularity. The book not only benefits fr
- Idioma: Inglés
- Autor: Dale, Gareth
- Editorial: Columbia
- N° Paginas: 400
- Tipo de pasta: Pasta blanda
- Envío: Desde EE.UU.
