Karl Polanyi ; edited by Giorgio Resta and Mariavittoria Catanzariti ; preface by Kari Polanyi Levitt
English edition
xv, 258 pages ;
23 cm
First published in Italian as Per un nuovo Occidente: Milan : il Saggiatore S.p.A., 2013
Includes bibliographical references and index
Preface / Kari Polanyi Levitt -- Introduction / Giorgio Resta -- Part I. Economy, technology and the problem of freedom -- For a new West -- Economic and freedom to shape our social destiny -- Economic history and the problem of freedom -- New frontiers of economic thinking -- II. Institutions matter -- The contribution of institutional analysis to the social sciences -- The nature of international understanding -- The meaning of peace -- The roots of pacifism -- Culture in a democratic England of the future -- Experiences in Vienna and America : America -- III. How to make use of the social sciences -- How to make use of the social sciences -- On political theory -- Public opinion and statesmanship -- General economic history -- Market elements and economic planning in antiquity -- IV. Crisis and transformation -- The crucial issue today : a response -- Conflicting philosophies in modern society -- The eclipse of panic and the outlook for socialism -- Five lectures on the present age of transformation : the passing of the ninteenth-century civilization -- Five lectures on the present age of transformation : the trend toward an integrated society -- Postface / Mariavittoria Catanzariti