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{{Page |n°=96}} My main thesis is | |||
(a) that economic determinism was pre-eminently a nineteenth century phenomenon, which … <br /> | |||
(b) that the market system distorted our views on man and society;<br /> | |||
(c) these distorted views are proving one of the main obstacles to the solution of the problems of our civilization. | |||
DEFINITION OF THE PRESENT PHASE OF OU CIVILIZATION. An historian should find no difficulty in defining the stage […] | |||
SUCH, in common sense terms, is the bird's eye view of our troubles. Meanwhile […] | |||
INDUSTRIAL civilization unhinged the elements of man's being. The machine […] | |||
OUR situation […] | |||
SUCH a proposition […] | |||
LET us stop and consider. Is there anything intrinsically economic about these motives in the sense in which we speak of religious or aesthetic motives being based on religious or aesthetic experiences? […] | |||
THIRDLY, there is the suddenness with which the transformation occurred. this is not a matter of degree but of kind. A chain-reaction was induced, and the harmless […] | |||
THE every day activities of men and woman are, in the nature of things, to a large […] | |||
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[96] My main thesis is
(a) that economic determinism was pre-eminently a nineteenth century phenomenon, which …
(b) that the market system distorted our views on man and society;
(c) these distorted views are proving one of the main obstacles to the solution of the problems of our civilization.
DEFINITION OF THE PRESENT PHASE OF OU CIVILIZATION. An historian should find no difficulty in defining the stage […]
SUCH, in common sense terms, is the bird's eye view of our troubles. Meanwhile […]
INDUSTRIAL civilization unhinged the elements of man's being. The machine […]
OUR situation […]
SUCH a proposition […]
LET us stop and consider. Is there anything intrinsically economic about these motives in the sense in which we speak of religious or aesthetic motives being based on religious or aesthetic experiences? […]
THIRDLY, there is the suddenness with which the transformation occurred. this is not a matter of degree but of kind. A chain-reaction was induced, and the harmless […]
THE every day activities of men and woman are, in the nature of things, to a large […]
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Reference:
Original Publication: “On belief on economic determinism”, The Sociological Review, vol. 39, n°2, January 1947, p. 103-112
KPA: 35/08 (17 p., copy of the original)
Recent Publication in English: in Polanyi 2018b, p. 241-242
| Lge | Name |
|---|---|
| DE | “Über den Glauben an den ökonomischen Determinismus“ |
| FR | « Faut-il croire au déterminisme économique ? » |