Repatriating Polanyi
Market Society in the Visegrad States
Published on 18. July 2019
388 pages
978-963-386-288-9 (ISBN)
Description
Karl Polanyi's "substantivist" critique of market society has found new popularity in the era of neoliberal globalization. The author reclaims this polymath for contemporary anthropology, especially economic anthropology, in the context of Central Europe, where Polanyi (1886-1964) grew up. The Polanyian approach illuminates both the communist era, in particular the "market socialist" economy which evolved under János Kádár in Hungary, as well as the post-communist transformations of property relations, civil society and ethno-national identities throughout the region.
Hann's analyses are based primarily on his own ethnographic investigations in Hungary and South-East Poland. They are pertinent to the rise of neo-nationalism in those countries, which is theorized as a malign countermovement to the domination of the market. At another level, Hann's adaptation of Polanyi's social philosophy points beyond current political turbulence to an original concept of "social Eurasia".
Hann's analyses are based primarily on his own ethnographic investigations in Hungary and South-East Poland. They are pertinent to the rise of neo-nationalism in those countries, which is theorized as a malign countermovement to the domination of the market. At another level, Hann's adaptation of Polanyi's social philosophy points beyond current political turbulence to an original concept of "social Eurasia".
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Language
English
Place of publication
Budapest
Hungary
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
File size
5,00 MB
ISBN-13
978-963-386-288-9 (9789633862889)
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07/2019
Central European University Press
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Content
List of Illustrations
Preface: Forwards (n)ever!
Note
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1. Introduction: Karl Polanyi and the Transformations of Socialism and Postsocialism
Chapter 2. Market Principle, Marketplace and the Transition in Eastern Europe
Chapter 3. From Production to Property: Land Tenure and Citizenship in Rural Hungary
Chapter 4. A New Double Movement? Anthropological Perspectives on Property in the Age of Neoliberalism
Chapter 5. Awkward Classes in Rural Eurasia
Chapter 6. Civil Society at the Grassroots: A Reactionary View
Chapter 7. Socialism and King Stephen's Right Hand
Chapter 8. Ethnicity in the New Civil Society: Lemko-Ukrainians in Poland
Chapter 9. Postsocialist Nationalism: Rediscovering the Past in Southeast Poland
Chapter 10. Polish Civil Society, the Greek Catholic Minority, and Fortress Europe
Chapter 11. The Visegrád Condition (Freedom and Slavery in the Neoliberal World)
Chapter 12. Conclusion: Building Social Eurasia
References
Index
Preface: Forwards (n)ever!
Note
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1. Introduction: Karl Polanyi and the Transformations of Socialism and Postsocialism
Chapter 2. Market Principle, Marketplace and the Transition in Eastern Europe
Chapter 3. From Production to Property: Land Tenure and Citizenship in Rural Hungary
Chapter 4. A New Double Movement? Anthropological Perspectives on Property in the Age of Neoliberalism
Chapter 5. Awkward Classes in Rural Eurasia
Chapter 6. Civil Society at the Grassroots: A Reactionary View
Chapter 7. Socialism and King Stephen's Right Hand
Chapter 8. Ethnicity in the New Civil Society: Lemko-Ukrainians in Poland
Chapter 9. Postsocialist Nationalism: Rediscovering the Past in Southeast Poland
Chapter 10. Polish Civil Society, the Greek Catholic Minority, and Fortress Europe
Chapter 11. The Visegrád Condition (Freedom and Slavery in the Neoliberal World)
Chapter 12. Conclusion: Building Social Eurasia
References
Index
