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Karl Polanyi and H.G. Wells

(Simple working notes) Karl Polanyi wrote several texts about H. G. Wells, notably in Vienna in the Journal of Hungarian in Vienna [Bécsi Magyar Újsag]1 : Original Name Translated Name Date “H. G. Wells az eretnek fáraókról”* H.G. Wells, from the Heretics pharaohs  1922 “Uj Macchiavelli, Kipps és Tono-Bungay” The Continue Reading

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Where does the name “Behemoth” come from, to call the 1919-1922 Polanyi’s manuscripts?

A unique source: Kari Polanyi-Levitt According to Kari Polanyi-Levitt, her father, Karl Polanyi, wanted to call (or called in private) “Behemoth”, his manuscripts written between 1919 and 1922, from the name of a legendary biblical creature. It is, at least, what we can read in Jérôme Maucourant’s article “Polanyi, reader Continue Reading

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