376 Pages
by
Routledge
376 Pages
by
Routledge
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Ideology and Utopia argues that ideologies are mental fictions whose function is to veil the true nature of a given society. They originate unconsciously in the minds of those who seek to stabilise a social order. Utopias are wish dreams that inspire the collective action of opposition groups which aim at the entire transformation of society. Mannheim shows these two opposing elements to... Read more
Chapter 1 Preliminary Approach to the Problem; Chapter 2 Ideology and Utopia; Chapter 3 The Prospects of Scientific Politics; Chapter 4 The Utopian Mentality; Chapter 5 The Sociology of Knowledge;
Biography
Karl Mannheim, Louis Wirth, Bryan S. Turner
`It is a contribution of the first importance to the understanding of our distressed world. Scholarly in form, built upon a wide command of the relevant material, there is hardly a page on which illumination is not to be found. This is undoubtedly one of that rare class of books which shape the course of intellectual debate' - Harold Laski
