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An Introduction to Convivium

Convivium: The United Kingdom Review of Post-Critical Thought was the publication of the UK-centered group--also named "Convivium"--interested in the thought of Michael Polanyi . Convivium was the counterpart to the North American scholarly group that eventually became the Polanyi Society. Both the United Kingdom and the North American Polanyi groups formed and began sponsoring meetings and publishing newsletters and eventually mini-journals in the seventies. These groups cooperated and frequently exchanged reviews, short articles and notices included in their publications. Early publications preserved in the Tradition and Discovery archives often identify some material as published previously in Convivium and the same is true of Convivium issues. However not all of the interesting Convivium material commenting on Polanyi's thought was republished. There were 25 issues of Convivium published between 1975 and 1987. Retirements and other complications eventually led to the demise of Convivium as an independent publication. Former Convivium subscribers often thereafter subscribed to and submitted material for publication in what became Tradition and Discovery. In 1994-95, the UK Polanyi goup officially merged with the Polanyi Society and all those on the Convivium mailing list were added to the Polanyi Society mailing list.

Below are links to Convivium issues identified by number and date of publication. Early issues are quite brief but later issues are approximately 25 pages long. All issues were produced on a typewriter and then duplicated so the quality of these digitized copies is not always good. Some copies here have underlining and other marks in pen. Copies of Convivium 5 and 10 are missing from this collection. If you have information about these missing issues or questions about Convivium contact Phil Mullins (mullins@missouriwestern.edu).

Thanks to Kristina Schulz, Assistant University Archivist, University of Dayton Library, and Maben W. Poirer for helping locate issues of Convivium.