Revisiting Polanyi’s The Great Transformation to understand present-day climate obstruction
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Karl Polanyi’s The Great Transformation offers vital insights for today’s social-ecological transformation research. It suffers, however, from misreadings that disregard Polanyi’s concern for understanding and combatting fascism. By exposing the supremacist foundations of economic liberalism, Polanyi helps to understand current authoritarian politics. As today, climate backlash is only one of several manifestations of a broader cultural and political backlash, it is necessary to foster unconventional alliances beyond the silo of those convinced of the priority of climate action.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Political Economy and Marxism
Economic and Social Issues
Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
Publication details
- Journal / source
- GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society
- Volume
- 35
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 29–33
- Publication date
- 13 March 2026
- Language
- EN