Karl Polanyi

<p>This is the first work to offer a collection of Polanyi's texts never before published in English. The book presents articles papers lectures speeches notes and draft manuscripts mostly written between 1907 and 1923 with the exception of a few later texts. Organised thematically around religion ethics ideology world politics and Hungarian politics the topics include contemporary thinkers the Galilei Circle the Tisza government the Aster and the Bolshevik Revolutions the Councils Republic the Radical Citizens' Party Hungarian democracy the national question political conviction fatalism British socialism political theory and violence and more. Each section includes a discussion of the political and intellectual contexts in which the texts were written.<br><br><i>Karl Polanyi: The Hungarian writings</i> is an outstanding and essential resource that brings to light for the first time the works of a key thinker who is relevant to today's study of globalisation neoliberalism social movements and international social policy.</p>