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Karl Mannheim
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In general there are two distinct and separable meanings of the term "ideology" — the particular and the total.
— As translated by Louis Wirth and Edward Shils (1936)
Karl Mannheim
Hungarian-German philosopher and sociologist (1893-1947)
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He argued that every worldview — left, right, revolutionary, reactionary — is shaped by the social position of whoever holds it, and that includes the person making that argument.
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Born Károly Manheim in Hungary on 27 March 1893, Karl Mannheim became one of the founders of the sociology of knowledge and a central figure in classical sociology. His 1929 book Ideology and Utopia laid out a framework that would define the field: he separated partial ideologies from total ones — the latter being entire worldviews tied to specific social groups — and drew a line between ideologies that defend the present order and utopias that imagine its transformation. The work placed him at the center of debates about how thought itself is conditioned by social life. He died on 9 January 1…
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Karl Mannheim
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The particular conception of "ideology" makes its analysis of ideas on a purely psychological level.
— As translated by Louis Wirth and Edward Shils (1936)
Karl Mannheim
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The thought of every group is seen as arising out of its life conditions.
— As translated by Louis Wirth and Edward Shils (1936)
Karl Mannheim
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It may indeed be true that in order to act we need a certain amount of self-confidence and intellectual self-assurance.
— As translated by Louis Wirth and Edward Shils (1936)
Karl Mannheim
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Conflicting intellectual positions may actually come to supplement one another.
— As translated by Louis Wirth and Edward Shils (1936)
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