KARL POLANYI. THE ECONOMIC RATIONALISM AS THE MOTOR OF THE LIBERAL UTOPIA

Karl Polanyi's main thesis is the effective separation of society and economy, placing the economy above the society. This artificial separation will be carried out by a series of theoretical tools and mechanisms-the introduction of fictitious goods and economic rationalism as a social premise-that will blind an overall view of the social panorama, focusing only on the economic aspects of it, causing that way, an unprecedented human crisis.