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Economic Sociology & Political Economy: The Karl Polanyi Bibliographic Database of Scholarship and Digital Archive. “The Karl Polanyi Institute of Political Economy at Concordia University has launched the Bibliographic Database of International Scholarship – a project dedicated to exploring Karl Polanyi’s preeminent intellectual legacy and current influence worldwide.”

Appunti di lettura: Karl Polanyi, “Per un nuovo Occidente”

https://rizomatica.noblogs.org/2026/02/pellegrino-appunti-lettura-karl-polanyi-nuovo-occidente/

L’opera che qui presentiamo, “Per un nuovo Occidente”, è una raccolta di saggi scritti tra il 1919 e il 1958. Questa raccolta di scritti molto vari può costituire una valida t

#Economia #Politica #democrazia #economia #globalizzazione #KarlPolanyi #liberalismo #libert #mercato #neoliberismo #occidente #pace #socialismo

Zur Einleitung von Sven Beckerts Kapitalismus-Buch: Kapitalismus als Prozess

https://wittenbrink.net/zur-einleitung-von-sven-beckerts-kapitalismus-buch-kapitalismus-als-prozess/

Klimapolitik, Geopolitik und Mario Draghis Rede – Überlegungen zum Standard-Interview mit Kywan Riahi

https://wittenbrink.net/klimapolitik-geopolitik-und-mario-draghis-rede-ueberlegungen-zum-standard-interview-mit-kywan-riahi/

"However, the important thing in Polanyi’s contribution is that he argued that skills are a precondition for articulate knowledge in general, and scientific knowledge in particular. For example, to carry out physical experiments requires a high degree of skills. These skills cannot just be learned from textbooks. They are acquired by instruction from someone who knows the trade."

#RagnarFjelland, 2020

https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-020-0494-4

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#science #KarlPolanyi

There were no accepted criteria of fascism, nor did it possess conventional tenets. Yet one significant feature of all its organized forms was the abruptness with which they appeared and faded out again, only to burst forth with violence after an indefinite period of latency. All this fits into the picture of a social force that waxed and waned according to the objective situation.

What we termed, for short, “fascist situation” was no other than the typical occasion of easy and complete fascist victories. All at once, the tremendous industrial and political organizations of labor and of other devoted upholders of constitutional freedom would melt away, and minute fascist forces would brush aside what seemed until then the overwhelming strength of democratic governments, parties, trade unions. […]

To imagine that it was the strength of the movement which created situations such as these, and not to see that it was the situation that gave birth in this case to the movement, is to miss the outstanding lesson of the last decades.

Fascism, like socialism, was rooted in a market society that refused to function. (Polanyi, 2001, p. 239)

Habe gerade versucht, bei Karl Polanyi ein Zitat zu finden, das zur aktuellen Situation passt. Anlass: Ein Interview im Deutschlandfunk mit einer „Wirtschaftsweisen“, die zwar von den „Gebeutelten“ der Globalisierung spricht, aber die historische Situation nicht benennt und die Parallelen zur Situation vor 100 Jahren absichtlich oder unabsichtlich ignoriert (Malmendier, 2025).

Es ist sicher gefährlich, die Ähnlichkeiten zwischen den aktuellen Ereignissen und denen vor einem Jahrhundert zu überschätzen. Aber wenn man in Polanyis „Great Transformation“ liest, versteht man wohl mehr von dem, was sich gerade tut, als es die Analysen einer unhistorischen Ökonomie bieten. Der Trumpismus ist wie der autoritäre Rechtspopulismus anderswo die falsche Antwort auf eine objektiv gegebene Situation: Märkte, die sich die Gesellschaft unterworfen haben statt von ihr kontrolliert zu werden. Damals haben, wie Polanyi es darstellt, vor allem die Regierenden in England nicht daran geglaubt, dass die Nazis tatsächlich mit dem bestehenden internationalen Wirtschaftssystem brechen würden. Jetzt, so kommt es mir vor, glauben die Anhängerinnen und Anhänger der Globalisierung, die Feinde der sogenannten „globalen Handelordnung“ müssten nur zur Vernunft gebracht werden. Wenn Polanyi Recht hat – und man müsste seine Thesen für unsere „Anthropozän-Situation“ übersetzen – dann besteht die eigentliche Alternative heute aber zwischen dem Faschismus Trumps und seiner Verbündeten und einer – internationalen – gesellschaftlichen Kontrolle der Märkte.

Blauschwarz in der Berichterstattung des Falter – Zum Gap zwischen politischer Berichterstattung, Klimajournalismus und ökologischer Ökonomie

https://wittenbrink.net/blauschwarz-in-der-berichterstattung-des-falter-zum-gap-zwischen-politischer-berichterstattung-klimajournalismus-und-oekologischer-oekonomie/

A short piece from the Guardian on Karl Polanyi, his work The Great Transformation and the understanding of fascism both then and now. “The whole book is, in a sense, about fascism, something that Polanyi himself suffered from enormously....This is why it has renewed, real relevance today.”
#Fascism #KarlPolanyi #GreatTransformation #CriticalTheory #Sociology
https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/jun/23/the-greatest-thinker-youve-never-heard-of-expert-who-explained-hitlers-rise-is-finally-in-the-spotlight

'‘The greatest thinker you’ve never heard of’: expert who explained Hitler’s rise is finally in the spotlight
After fleeing Hitler, brilliant #Jewish #economist #KarlPolanyi was never welcomed by the #British. Now, for the first time in 80 years, his masterwork #TheGreatTransformation has been published in the #UK'

'In it, he accused influential liberal economists, ..., of commodifying human beings and the #environment in the name of the #FreeMarket.'

https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/jun/23/the-greatest-thinker-youve-never-heard-of-expert-who-explained-hitlers-rise-is-finally-in-the-spotlight
#GE2024 #Economics

If you've heard/read analysis that tips its hat to Karl Polanyi & his idea of the 'double movement' but have not been sure what is being alluded to, here (marking 80 years since his death) is a concise introduction to his life & thought.

Its only an introduction (there's a lot more to Polanyi that discussed here) but if you're interested in finding out more about this staple of critical political economy, this is a good a place to start as any.

#KarlPolanyi #economics
https://www.socialeurope.eu/karl-polanyi-against-the-free-market-dystopia

OnlineFirst - "Uneven decommodification geographies: Exploring variation across the centre and periphery" by Geoff Goodwin:

#decommodification #KarlPolanyi #land #labour #food

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0308518X231209766

As part of her #KarlPolanyi Visiting Professorship,
Julia Steinberger will give a public lecture at #WUvienna on Tuesday (May 30) at 6:30pm.

And I'm exited that she'll also visit #IIASA to discuss the balance between individual agency and institutions in a #JustTransition...

More info at https://www.karlpolanyisociety.com