I am yet to dwell into Karl Polayni's work, but reading this reminded me of John Dewey's essay collection titled Individualism Old and New. Written a decade before Polyani's book, Dewey points out how 'economic determinism' comes to dominate all fields and liberty becomes a 'well nigh obsolete term'. I read the essays at an attempt at formulating a philosophy of our lives within markets, something similar to what your talk about here. While there is some discussion of addressing this, the sections most alive to me are the ones that talk about the 'market mind', the ways in which our subjectivities, emotions and ability to connect is affected by this market (culture). An important personal reminder as I negotiate my values with my surroundings, on a daily basis.
Will definitely be reading Great Transformation (1944) this year!
I am yet to dwell into Karl Polayni's work, but reading this reminded me of John Dewey's essay collection titled Individualism Old and New. Written a decade before Polyani's book, Dewey points out how 'economic determinism' comes to dominate all fields and liberty becomes a 'well nigh obsolete term'. I read the essays at an attempt at formulating a philosophy of our lives within markets, something similar to what your talk about here. While there is some discussion of addressing this, the sections most alive to me are the ones that talk about the 'market mind', the ways in which our subjectivities, emotions and ability to connect is affected by this market (culture). An important personal reminder as I negotiate my values with my surroundings, on a daily basis.
Will definitely be reading Great Transformation (1944) this year!
That's interesting about Dewey. I also recommend this excellent podcast series on Polanyi by Canadian broadcaster David Cayley: https://www.davidcayley.com/podcasts/category/Karl+Polanyi