Karl Mannheim
Karl Mannheim (born
Károly Manheim, 27 March 1893 – 9 January 1947) was a Hungarian
sociologist and a key figure in
classical sociology as well as one of the founders of the
sociology of knowledge. Mannheim is best known for his book ''
Ideology and Utopia'' (1929/1936), in which he distinguishes between partial and total
ideologies, the latter representing comprehensive worldviews distinctive to particular social groups, and also between ideologies that provide support for existing social arrangements, and
utopias, which look to the future and propose a transformation of society.
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