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Karl Mannheim and the Crisis of Liberalism The Secret of These New Times
360 Pages
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Routledge
360 Pages
by
Routledge
372 Pages
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Routledge
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To reflect on Karl Mannheim is to address fundamental issues of political enlightenment Mannheim's driving determination "was to learn as a sociologist by close observation the secret (even if it is infernal) of these new times." Mannheim's aim was "to carry liberal values forward." His problem remains irresistible to reflective people at the end of the twentieth century. Mannheim attempted to... Read more
Introduction: The Biography of a Project; 1: Politics as a Science; 2: Idealism, Romanticism, and Sociology; 3: Mannheim’s Weimar Project: Ways of Knowledge; 4: The Politics of Synthesis; 5: Religion, Politics, and Education: Reassessing Civilization; 6: Diagnosis of Crisis; 7: American Hopes: The Dispute over Ideology and Utopia; 8: A Political Sociology: Mannheim and the Elite; Conclusion Sociology as a Vocation
Biography
David Kettler
