"Mannheim established no school. His preferred literary form was the essay and, collectively, his works contain many inconsistencies and, in places, a certain vagueness. Mannheim, himself was clear about these characteristics but appealed to his readers to see in them a sign of the provisional and experimental nature of his thinking. Of all the classical sociologists, Mannheim is the one whose biography and mode of questioning connects him most directly to the problems of our own time. Although he formulated his politics in relation to a historical situation from which we feel increasingly distant, the questions he posed in the diagnosis of conflict, on the role of the intelligentsia, on education and on democratic planning remain as pertinent as ever."
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People from BudapestAcademics from HungaryPhilosophers from HungaryNon-fiction authors from HungarySociologists from Hungary
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Lloyd Spencer, in The A-Z Guide to Modern Social and Political Theorists (1997) edited by Noel Parker and Stuart Sim
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Karl Mannheim
Karl Mannheim (27 March 1893 – 9 January 1947) was a Hungarian-born social philosopher and sociologist, influential with his development of the sociology of knowledge.
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