Introduction -- In the East-West salon -- Bearing the cross of war -- Triumph and tragedy of Red Vienna -- Challenges and responses -- The ctaclysm and its origins -- Injustices and inhumanities -- The precariousness of existence -- Epilogue: a lost world of socialism

Introduction -- 1. Reconstructing Sociology -- 2. The Marxist Orbit: Polanyi's Double Movement -- 3. Capital versus the Demos -- 4. Democratic Tyranny: The Soviet Union -- 5. Reconstructing 'The Great Transformation' -- 6. Regionalism and the European Union -- 7. Intellectuals and the Red Scare...

Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. In the East-West Salon -- 2. Bearing the Cross of War -- 3. Triumph and Tragedy of Red Vienna -- 4. Challenges and Responses -- 5. The Cataclysm and Its Origins -- 6. "Injustices and Inhumanities" -- 7. The Precariousness of Existence --...

This essay identifies a contradiction between the flourishing interest in the environmental economics of the classical period and a lack of critical parsing of the works of its leading representatives. Its focus is the work of Adam Smith and Thomas Malthus. It offers a critical analysis of their...