1st Edition

The Sociology of Karl Mannheim (RLE Social Theory) With a Bibliographical Guide to the Sociology of Knowledge, Ideological Analysis, and Social Planning

By Gunter Werner Remmling Copyright 2015
274 Pages
by Routledge

274 Pages
by Routledge

274 Pages
by Routledge

Karl Mannheim (1893-1947) occupies a prominent position among the leading social scientists of the twentieth century; his ideas and his books are relevant for many issues engaging the concern of sociologists today. Mannheim’s life spanned three cultural traditions – Hungarian, German and British – and in this authoritative study Professor Remmling covers all these phases in his life and work.... Read more

1. The Significance and Development of Mannheim’s Sociology  2. Philosophical Parameters of Mannheim’s Sociology of Knowledge  3. The Development of the Conceptual Matrix  4. The Establishment of the Sociology of Knowledge  5. Beyond Ideology and Utopia  6. The Sociology of Social Planning  7. The Values and the Education of Democratic Men  8. Political Power and Human Freedom  9. Retrospect and Prospect  10. Bibliographical Guide to the Sociology of Knowledge, Ideological Analysis, and Social Planning

Biography

Gunter Werner Remmling