{"product_id":"reconstructing-karl-polanyi-gareth-dale-9780745335186","title":"Reconstructing Karl Polanyi","description":"Karl Polanyi was one of the most influential political economists of the twentieth-century and is widely regarded as the most gifted of social democrat theorists. In\u003ci\u003e Reconstructing Karl Polanyi\u003c\/i\u003e, Gareth Dale draws upon primary sources archived in the countries that Polanyi called home--Hungary, Austria, Britain, the United States, and Canada--to provide a sweeping survey of his contribution to the social sciences. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Polanyi's intellectual and political outlook can best be summarized through paradoxical formulations such as 'romantic modernist', 'liberal socialist', and 'cosmopolitan patriot.' In exploring these paradoxes, Dale excavates and reconstructs Polanyi's views on a range of topics that have been neglected in the critical literature, including Keynesian economic policy, the evolution and dynamics of Stalin's Russia, regional integration, and McCarthyism. He reinterprets Polanyi's philosophy of history, his theory of democracy, and his economic historiography of Ancient Greece and Mesopotamia, and guides readers through Polyani's critical dialogue with Marxism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e While the central threads and motifs of this study are intellectual-historiographical in nature, Dale also critically analyzes the views of Polanyi and his followers on issues of pressing present-day relevance, notably the clash between democracy and capitalism, and the nature and trajectory of European unification.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gareth Dale\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0745335187\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780745335186\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pluto Press (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.90d","brand":"Gareth Dale","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44190567891199,"sku":"9780745335186","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1c665806-18c4-4921-bb81-77773b7f052f.jpg?v=1690871234","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/reconstructing-karl-polanyi-gareth-dale-9780745335186","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}