Review: The Great Transformation: The Political and Economic Origins of Our Time
Avis d'utilisateur - Tim - GoodreadsThis is probably one of the least-read of the most important books of the 20th century. Part of Polanyi's problem is that his book does not easily fit into one field - neither sociology nor history ... Consulter l'avis complet
Review: The Great Transformation: The Political and Economic Origins of Our Time
Avis d'utilisateur - Goodreads[Forced myself to write a critique/summary for myself after carefully reading this classic. It's a bit long, but may be interesting for some others here. I thought it was great. It's not an all ...
Review: The Great Transformation: The Political and Economic Origins of Our Time
Avis d'utilisateur - Hadrian - GoodreadsThis is a fascinating book, I'm astonished I haven't heard of it earlier. Polanyi is not your run of the mill economist - he does not use equations - he uses context and does not describe events in a ... Consulter l'avis complet
Review: The Great Transformation: The Political and Economic Origins of Our Time
Avis d'utilisateur - Joel - GoodreadsThe principle point made by this book is that the attempted transition from a market embedded in society to a society embedded in a self-regulating market resulted in the collapse of 19th century ... Consulter l'avis complet
Review: The Great Transformation: The Political and Economic Origins of Our Time
Avis d'utilisateur - GoodreadsMore than any other book, this is the one I return to most often for economic interpretation. No other book covers the capitalist transformation from the economy being subsumed within society to our current society subsumed under the economy.
Review: The Great Transformation: The Political and Economic Origins of Our Time
Avis d'utilisateur - James Culbertson - GoodreadsWhen I was in graduate school, I read Michael Polanyi's Personal Knowledge: Towards a Post-Critical Philosophy (1958) and was impressed with the way in which he argues that positivism gives a false ... Consulter l'avis complet
Review: The Great Transformation: The Political and Economic Origins of Our Time
Avis d'utilisateur - Randal Samstag - GoodreadsPolanyi's book traces the history of the rise of industrial civilization in England from 1795 through the Great Depression. The book was written during World War II, but it remains as important as ... Consulter l'avis complet
Review: The Great Transformation: The Political and Economic Origins of Our Time
Avis d'utilisateur - Nicholas - GoodreadsAnyone with an interest in history of the Western World, especially economic history, from 1700 onward will love this. Wide-ranging with quotes, statistics and a clear explanation of the inter ... Consulter l'avis complet
Review: The Great Transformation: The Political and Economic Origins of Our Time
Avis d'utilisateur - DoctorM - GoodreadsPolanyi's "Great Transformation" is a classic of economic history in its older, political-economy mode, and a book too often forgotten in an era where economics is seen as a kind of physics, a ... Consulter l'avis complet
Review: The Great Transformation: The Political and Economic Origins of Our Time
Avis d'utilisateur - GoodreadsThis came up on the "recommended" list. I read this the first semester of graduate school. This is an excellent account of how capital accumulation does not happen without a strong state creating ...
