Karl Polanyi and the Contemporary Political Crisis: Transforming Market Society in the Era of Climate Change

by Peadar Kirby

Book Overview

Has politics reached breaking point? Rather than defending liberalism or abandoning it, how can a socially just and ecological alternative be built?

Peadar Kirby investigates the causes of our current multifaceted global crisis by drawing on the work of Karl Polanyi. This book explores Polanyi's theory that social disruptions result from the attempt to run society according to the rules of the market. Drawing on these ideas, it outlines...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350195391
• ISBN13: 9781350195394
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"