A Great Transformation? Global Perspectives on Contemporary Capitalisms
Sprache des Titels:
Englisch
Original Kurzfassung:
Ever since the global economic area opened up in the 1990s ? and most recently, in the wake of the
2008 financial crisis ? Karl Polanyi?s economic and cultural history of capitalism, published as
The Great Transformation in 1944, has been attracting renewed attention. Polanyi?s analyses seem to be custom-made for capturing
the crises, changes, and transformations of contemporary capitalisms. The conference A Great Transformation? Global Perspectives on Contemporary Capitalisms
seeks to continue this discussion, identify new salient points and study the following questions: How
do developments in contemporary capitalisms in the Global North and South constitute a great
transformation, i.e. an epochal change in which the relationship between politics/state and
economy/market undergoes fundamental changes at the global, international, transnational, and
national levels? Have there been parallel, contradictory or interwoven developments and what form
do these take? How are they shaped by social inequalities, by power and dominance, and by conflict
and resistance? How can all these developments be considered in light of Karl Polanyi?s The Great
Transformation? How do other analyses of and theories on capitalism rooted in sociology, political
science, and economics contribute to social analysis and criticism?
Sprache der Kurzfassung:
Englisch
Englischer Titel:
A Great Transformation? Global Perspectives on Contemporary Capitalisms