Karl Polanyi
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Karl Polanyi was a Hungarian economic historian and social theorist best known for his influential work "The Great Transformation," which critiqued market liberalism and analyzed the social and political origins of modern capitalist economies.
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- Polanyi ×1
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| instanceOf |
economic historian
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human → political economist → social theorist → sociologist → |
| authorOf |
Dahomey and the Slave Trade
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The Great Transformation → The Livelihood of Man → Trade and Market in the Early Empires → |
| birthDate |
1886-10-25
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| birthPlace |
Austria-Hungary
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Vienna → |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Hungary
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| deathDate |
1964-04-23
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| educatedAt |
University of Budapest
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University of Kolozsvár → |
| ethnicGroup |
Hungarian
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| familyName |
Polanyi
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| fieldOfWork |
anthropology of economy
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economic history → political economy → social theory → |
| givenName |
Karl
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| influenced |
Karl Marx scholarship
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development studies → economic sociology → new economic sociology → political economy of welfare states → world-systems theory → |
| influencedBy |
Austro-Marxism
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Karl Marx → Max Weber → Émile Durkheim → |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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German → Hungarian → |
| mainInterest |
comparative economic systems
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critique of market liberalism → embeddedness of the economy in society → origins of modern capitalism → |
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institutional economics
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substantivist economic anthropology → |
| name |
Karl Polanyi
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| notableIdea |
double movement
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embeddedness of the economy → fictitious commodities → |
| notableWork |
The Great Transformation
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| occupation |
economic historian
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university teacher → |
| religion |
Christianity
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| sibling |
Michael Polanyi
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| spouse |
Ilona Duczynska
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| workedAt |
Bennington College
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Columbia University → |
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Karl Polanyi
("Polanyi")
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Karl Polanyi
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John Polanyi
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Michael Polanyi
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