Community and Society. The Christian Criticism of our Social Order

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2. Why can the Marxian analysis of society be accepted by the Christian?

Because the Marxian … […]

The Marxian definition … […]

The concept of society of Marx is that of the relationship of human beings.

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3. The limitations of Marxism as a philosophy

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5. Market economy

[8] Liberal capitalism was a unique experiment. […] That to this commodity a human being is attached is treated as an accidental feature of no substance relevance. That by disposing of this commodity according to the law of the market a human being may be abused in such a way as to destroy the fabric of society, which is composed of him and his like, is a consideration beyond the scope of the system. The same holds of all human and social values on which the existence of society depends. […]

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Date: 1937
KPA: 21/22, 6-14
Recent Publication in English: partially (without 1.) in Polanyi 2018b, p. 144-153
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