The Livelihood of Man
Karl Polanyi: Notes on His Life
Editor's Preface
Editor's Introduction
Preface
[xl] The crucial policy slant comes home to us as the earlier millennia [xli] of human problems pass in review.
Introduction
I. The Place of the Economy in Society
A. Concepts and Theory
1. The Economistic Fallacy
2. The Two Meanings of Economic
[19] The substantive meaning, points to the elemental fact that human beings, like all other living things, cannot exist for any length of time without a physical environment that sustains them; this is the origin of the substantive definition of economic.
3. Forms of Integration and Supporting Structures
B. Institutions.
The Emergence of Economic Transactions: From Tribal to Archaic Society
4. The Economy Embedded in Society
5. The Emergence of Economic Transaction
6. Equivalencies in Archaic Societies
7. The Economic Role of Justice, Law and Freedom
The Catallactic Triad: Trade, Money, and Markets
Introduction
8. Traders and Trade
9. Money Objects and Money Uses
10. Market Elements and Market Origins
II. Trade, Markets and Money in Ancient Greece
11. The Hesiodic Age: Tribal Decay and Peasant Livelihood
12. Local Markets: The Political Economy of Polis and Agora
13. Local Markets and Overseas Trade
14. Securing Grain Imports
15. The Growth of Market Trade
16. Money, Banking, and Finance
17. "Capitalism" in Antiquity
Text Informations
Original Publication: The Livelihood of Man, H. W. Pearson (ed.), New York, Academic Press, 1977
AKP:
- 35/11: Table of contents - Preface, Introduction (1950, 86 typed p.)
- 36/01: Draft Manuscript – Livelihood of Man – Part I Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, and 12. Part II Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 15, 16, and 17 ;
- 36/02: Karl Polanyi Draft Manuscript, late 1977 edited by H. Pearson (96 typed p.)
Other Languages:
Lge | Name |
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DE | |
FR | La subsistance de l’Homme |