Transformation of what? Or: The socio-ecological transformation of working society

Abstract: The critical strand of the current sustainability discourse often refers to Karl Polanyi's work "The Great Transformation" (e.g. "World in Transition - A Social Contract for Sustainability", German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU), 2011). However, this reference is usually shortened, since in particular Polanyi's remarks about the commodification of labor are disregarded. Overall, work still plays a marginal role in the entire sustainability discourse. Consequently analytical as well as transformative potential remains unused. In our paper we want to put work into the center of the reflections on transformation and outline ways of a socio-ecological transformation towards a sustainable work society. For Polanyi the marketization of work and nature was in the center of his analysis of industrial society. He argues that market societies are constituted by two opposing movements - the laissez-faire movement to expand the scope of the market, and the protective countermovement

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource, 24 S.
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Veröffentlichungsversion

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: IHS Working Paper ; Bd. 1

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Wien
• (when): 2019
• Creator: Barth, Thomas ; Jochum, Georg ; Littig, Beate
• Contributor: Institut für Höhere Studien (IHS), Wien

Further information

• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-61641-3
• Rights: Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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