By force of thought
Subtitle: irregular memoirs of an intellectual journey
By: János Kornai
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 461
ISBN-13: 9780262113021
Subjects: Kornai, János; Economists -- Hungary -- Biography
Genres: Biography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [431]-447) and index
Table of contents: title: My family and youth; title: 1928-1944; title: How I became a communist; title: 1945-1947; title: On a communist newspaper; title: 1947-1955; title: Waking up; title: 1953-1955; title: The beginning of a research career; title: 1955-October 23, 1956; title: Revolution and after; title: October 23, 1956-1959; title: My universities; title: 1957-1959; title: The economic application of mathematical methods; title: 1957-1968; title: Traveling to the West; title: 1963 onward; title: Against the current; title: 1967-1970; title: Institute, university, and academy; title: 1967 onward