The Belief in Economic Determinism, Neoliberalism, and the Significance of Polanyi's Contribution in the Twenty-First Century
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12155451 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Claus Thomasberger (a University of Applied Sciences, Berlin, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 16-33 |
| Publication date | 2012-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Political Economy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0891-1916 • E-ISSN: 1558-0970 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.2753/ijp0891-1916410402 |
| OpenAlex | W2096907989 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 14 |
How can we explain why Karl Polanyi's book The Great Transformation is more relevant today than ever before? The central thesis of the paper is that Polanyi's analysis is groundbreaking because it goes far beyond the interpretation of the civilization of the nineteenth century. By focusing on the "belief of economic determinism, " Polanyi challenges the juxtaposition of being and thinking, of material life-process and consciousness. He rejects the assumption that society encompasses a world of objective facts independent of theoretical beliefs and visions. Polanyi's work is of utmost importance today because by anticipating a change in approach such as the liberal authors made, from the opposite point of view, during the interwar period, he offers the key not only to the analysis of the market mechanism, but also to a critical understanding of neoliberalism
Austrian School · Consciousness · Determinism · Economics · Epistemology · Interpretation (philosophy · Neoclassical economics · Neoliberalism (international relations · Positive economics · Social science · Sociology · Vision · Philosophy · Political Economy and Marxism
Introducción a la Responsabilidad Relacional en el Contexto de Crisis Socio-ecológica
Europe at a Crossroads
New views on price-making markets and the capitalist impulse
Neoliberalism and the Revolving Doors of Economists in Academia, Government and Think Tanks
Introduction
Socialist Eco-Civilization as a Transformative Politics
Socialism
Essays in positive economics
The Great Transformation
The structure of scientific revolutions
The Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes
Individualism and Economic Order
On the Principles of Political Economy, and Taxation
Social Theory and Social Structure
The Intellectuals
On Belief in Economic Determinism
Thinking the Unthinkable
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2014 - 2025 (12) |
| Highly cited | No |