The political and economic turmoil that followed our most recent financial crisis has sparked a huge resurgence of interest in the work of Karl Polanyi (1886-1964), famous anthropologist, economist, and social philosopher.
Polanyi's 1944 masterpiece, The Great Transformation , spoke of dangerous increasing dominance of the market and the resulting counter-movements, a prediction that has been borne out by current international grassroots resistance to austerity, alienation, and environment.
Black Rose Books Karl polanyi's vision of a socialist transformation, paperback/michael brie
