La grande trasformazione. Le origini economiche e politiche della nostra epoca

I wouldn't think of reading this book without a guide. Because Polanyi is an impossible read -- more difficult than Marx (he doesn't have Marx's love of language or Marx's humor), more difficult than Hegel (he doesn't have Hegel's pointed sense of knowing that his prose is torturing the poor reader) Leggi tutto

The Great Transformation has become so foundational to my comprehension of the evolution of systems I can't conceive of society outside its paradigms. While Polanyi is basically a philosopher of politics and attempts to extend his anthropological inclinations to encompass political economy -- and no Leggi tutto

Polanyi understood economics more realistically than most economists, and understood that economics does not stand alone, but exists within a larger social institutional context. I know that sounds a bit stiff. But until you get it, you will suspect that economists don’t know something you don’t. Yo Leggi tutto

تری ایگلتون در کتاب 《درباره ایدئولوژی》 می‌گوید که ایدئولوژی‌ها در معنای منفی کلمه، از راه طبیعی‌سازی و ابدی‌سازی به دنبال اثبات حقانیت خود هستند. آن‌ها خود را واقعیت طبیعی زندگی بشر جا می‌زنند و با ارجاع به تاریخ و گفتن عباراتی چون 《تا بوده همین بوده》، اینگونه وانمود می‌کنند که جز خودشان هیچ شکل و ش Leggi tutto