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The introduction of political economy into the realm of the universal happened under two opposite perspectives, that of progress and perfectibility on the one hand, determinism and damnation on the other; its translation into practice also was achieved in two opposite ways, through the principle of harmony and self-regulation on the one hand, competition and conflict on the other. Economic liberalism and the class concept were preformed in these contradictions. With the finality of an elemental event, a new set of ideas entered our consciousness.
The Great Transformation
Karl Polanyi
In a perfect moral storm, we should expect “shadow solutions” to the problem at hand that reflect only the limited concerns of those with the power to act. Such “solutions” are morally problematic. Not only are they typically inadequate as a matter of substance, but they also create the dangerous illusion of real action, and this serves as a distraction through which continued buck-passing can be perpetrated. Unfortunately, this account is highly plausible in the climate case.
A Perfect Moral Storm
Stephen M. Gardiner
To have faith in the possibility of freedom is to have faith in something that will always be precarious and contestable, even in its fullest actualization.
This Life
Martin Hägglund
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