Karl Polanyi

Karl Paul Polanyi ( born October 21, 1886 in Vienna, † April 23, 1964 in Pickering (Ontario) ) was a Hungarian- Austrian economic historian and economic and social scientist who is best known for his dissenting from the mainstream of traditional economic theory theoretical position and his fruitful combination of economic theory, political science and cultural anthropology, which was reflected in numerous and a wide range of topics treated publications. He is the older brother of Michael Polanyi.

Particularly well-known was his influential book The Great Transformation, which is considered one of the most important works of sociology. In addition, Polanyi also wrote important works on the origins of monetary economies.

Life

The life and work of Karl Polanyi fell into a time and place that had a great influence on his scientific work and his life with her critical events. After his birth in Vienna, he studied law and philosophy in Budapest. He came from a middle-class intellectual and familial environment in which his siblings and he were minted socialist early from the mother.

At the University he became involved in left-wing student groups and was actively involved in the socialist education of workers. End of the First World War, he moved for political reasons to Vienna and worked as an editor in the magazine " The Austrian economist " and the German edition: " The German economist ". He and his family lived in poor conditions, as he donated his salary to the many refugees. The world economic crisis he experienced in the bankruptcy of the Austrian Creditanstalt in Vienna, which was the starting point of the European banking crisis. As a Jew, he left Austria in 1933, after he had lost his job and the fascist tendencies had increased significantly. He emigrated to Britain, where he was particularly active in the workers' education.

In 1940 he came to the U.S. to complete a two-year fellowship from the Rockefeller Foundation from 1941 to 1943 The Great Transformation. In 1947, the Columbia University he was appointed to a visiting professorship, which he held until 1953. Until 1958, he led, together with Conrad M. Arensberg, a research project on the economic aspects of institutions. There was Trade and Market in the Early Empires. He then worked in the field of anthropology. He died in 1964 in Canada, where he was because his wife had received as an avowed socialist and former participant of the Hungarian Soviet Republic (1949 ) no visa for the USA. His last work Dahomey and the Slave Trade was published posthumously in 1966.

Writings (selection )

  • Primitive archaic, and modern economies: Essays, ed George Dalton. Anchor, Garden City, 1968.
  • Economy and society. Dt. Henry Jelinek. Suhrkamp Taschenbuch Science stw 295, Frankfurt 1979 ISBN 3518278959 & ISBN 351807895X.
  • The Great Transformation: The political and economic origins of our time. Beacon, Boston 2001, ISBN 0-8070-5643- X. Ins Dt. Henry Jelinek: The Great Transformation. Political and economic origins of societies and economies. Suhrkamp Taschenbuch stw Science, 8th ed Frankfurt 1973 ISBN 3518278606th
  • Vol 1: Economic Transformation, counter-movements and the struggle for democracy. ISBN 3-89518-390-3. Detailed description of the work
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