Karl Mannheim Quotes
Karl Mannheim was a Hungarian-born sociologist and philosopher and one of the founders of the sociology of knowledge. After teaching at Heidelberg and Frankfurt, he fled the Nazi regime to England, where he taught at the London School of Economics and the Institute of Education. The quotes below are attributed to Karl Mannheim, organized by topic.
Karl Mannheim on Knowledge
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Attributed to Karl Mannheim:
“The sociology of knowledge is the theory of the social or existential conditioning of thought.”
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Attributed to Karl Mannheim:
“Thought, even in its most abstract form, is rooted in the conditions of human existence.”
Karl Mannheim on Mind
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Attributed to Karl Mannheim:
“Genuine self-knowledge requires that we understand the social location of our thought.”
Karl Mannheim on Politics
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Attributed to Karl Mannheim:
“Ideologies are the ideas which serve a particular interest.”
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Attributed to Karl Mannheim:
“Utopia is the ideology of the rising group.”