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Karl Mannheim
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- Works
- 41
Top works
- Essays on the Sociology of Knowledge
- Vampires Of Venus
- Mensch Und Gesellschaft Im Zeitalter Des Umbaus
- Ideoiogy And Utopia
- Sociology As Political Education
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Key facts
- Born
- Károly Manheim , ( 1893-03-27 ) 27 March 1893, Budapest , Austria-Hungary
- Died
- 9 January 1947 (1947-01-09) (aged 53), London , England
- Education
- University of Budapest (PhD) London School of Economics Heidelberg University
- Known for
- Sociology of culture Sociology of knowledge Theory of ideology Relationism Free-floating intellectuals
- Spouse
- Julia Mannheim-Láng (née Júlia Károlyné)
- Doctoral students
- Franz Neumann
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Károly
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Budapest
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- Eötvös Loránd University
- Employer
- Heidelberg University
- Languages spoken
- Hungarian
- Native language
- Hungarian
- Student of
- Alfred Weber
- Field of work
- philosophy
- Image
- Mannheim Károly.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1893-03-27
- date of death
- 1947-01-09
- writing language
- Hungarian
- place of burial
- Golders Green Crematorium
- P8168
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- Commons category
- Karl Mannheim (sociologist)
- name in native language
- Karl Mannheim
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Biography
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