Author:
Polanyi, Michael, 1891-1976.
Imprint:New Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction Publishers, c1997.
Descriptionviii, 395 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Note:PART I: POLITICAL QUESTIONS: To the peacemakers (1917) -- New scepticism (1919) -- Jewish problems (1943) -- The struggle between truth and propaganda (1936) -- Rights and duties of science (1939) -- History and hope: an analysis of our age (1962) -- A postscript (1963) -- Why did we destroy Europe? (1970) -- PART II: ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL THEORY: Collectivist planning (1940) -- Profits and private enterprise (1948) -- The foolishness of history (1957) -- Toward a theory of conspicuous production (1960) -- The determinants of social action (1969) -- On liberalism and liberty (1955) -- PART III: THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF SCIENCE: Science: observation and belief (1947) -- Science and reality (1967 -- Creative imagination (1966) -- Genius in science (1972) -- Life transcending physics and chemistry (1967) -- Do life processes transcend physics and chemistry? (1968) -- PART IV: MIND, RELIGION, ART: The hypothesis of cybernetics (1951) -- The body-mind relation (1968) -- The scientific revolution (1961/4) -- Polanyi's logic: answer (1966) -- What is a painting? (1970) -- Appendix I: An annotated bibliography of Michael Polanyi's publications on society, economics, and philosophy -- Appendix II: Summaries of papers not republished either above or in Polanyi's Books.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
