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The Life and Work of Karl Polanyi

The Life and Work of Karl Polanyi

Kari Polanyi-Levitt (Editor)
July 1996
Trade Paperback · 265 Pages
$19.99 U.S.
ISBN 9780921689805
Black Rose Books
 

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Description

Convinced that market economy remakes society, Polanyi warns against a growing and humiliating enslavement to the material. A good starting place for those wanting to know more about Polanyi.—Canadian Book Review Annual¶A unique and compelling blend of the Enlightenment tradition with the more existential thinking of the twentieth century.—Prof. J.R. Stanfield

About the Author

Kari Polanyi Levitt is Professor Emeritus at McGill University, Montreal. She co-founded the Karl Polanyi Institute of Political Economy at Concordia University, Montreal and edited the first volume of this series: The Life and Work of Karl Polanyi.