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39Polanyi in the United States: Peter Drucker, Karl Polanyi, and the Midcentury Critique of Economic SocietyJournal of the History of Ideas 70 (3): 445-466. 2009.This essay explores the connections between Karl Polanyi's The Great Transformation (1944) and midcentury social theory in the United States. It argues that Polanyi shared with his U.S. colleagues a critique of market society. In particular, Polanyi's work bears close resemblance to the early thought of management theorist Peter Drucker, with whom Polanyi lived while writing his celebrated book. By comparing Polanyi to his contemporaries who advanced similar ideas, one gains a clearer sense of t…Read more
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State University of New York (SUNY)Researcher
Newburgh, New York, United States of America
Areas of Specialization
19th Century Philosophy |
20th Century Philosophy |