Karl Mannheim and the contemporary sociology of knowledge
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
Karl Mannheim and the contemporary sociology of knowledge
Macmillan, 1989
Available at 42 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Bibliography: p. 175-195
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
In this book the author argues for the continuing relevance of Karl Mannheim's sociology of knowledge. Maintaining that Mannheim's original development of the sociology of knowledge can be updated using contemporary material, he develops a framework for the analysis of knowledge and belief in contemporary society. The book contains an original interpretation of Mannheim, showing how he relates the production and utilization of beliefs to competitive struggle between social groups. Various criticisms of Mannheim are considered and it is shown that both Marxist and sociological critiques often caricature his work. Mannheim's views on relativism and the intellectuals are also covered.
Table of Contents
- Karl Mannheim's sociology of knowledge - text and context, Mannheim's sociology of knowledge
- towards the contemporary sociology of knowledge - problems in Mannheim's work, Mannheim and the sociology of knowledge today
- conservative thought.
by "Nielsen BookData"