09/02

KPI Description

Title	Notes on readings and lecture notes, 1934-1946
Author	Polanyi, Karl
Description	File consists of Karl Polanyi’s hand-written and annotated typed notes on various topics including Marx & philosophy of the state, Marx & political economy, Marx & critique of the Gotha programme, Marx & theses of Feurbach, R. Luxemburg & polemics against the Bolsheviks, Lenin on economy & imperialism, Trotski & the history of the Russian revolution, Stalin & the history of the Russian Communist party, fascism and corporatism, national socialism, and the paradox of guild system, among others. Also included in the file are Karl Polanyi’s annotated typed lecture notes prepared for the Institute of International Education and presented at Des Moines Public Forum in 1935. The lectures are titled: “Italy - Was it Worthwhile?”, 5p. (See 11/05, 12/02); and, “Germany – Is It beyond Repair?”, 3p. (See 12/02). The file also contains lecture notes on “O. Spann and Modern Universalism”, 8p.; and, notes on “Perilous Europe”, 6p. for a lecture presented at Morley College in 1938. (See 15/03). The notes are in English and German.
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/10694/523
Date	2010-08-19

Contents

• “Italy - Was it Worthwhile?”
• “Germany – Is It beyond Repair?”
• “O. Spann and Modern Universalism”