Böcker av Karl Mannheim

Karl Mannheim gilt zu Recht als einer der bedeutendsten Soziologen und Theoretiker der gesellschaftlichen Planung des 20. Jahrhunderts. Seine weit verbreitete Zurechnung zur modernen Wissenssoziologie hat dazu geführt, dass einige seiner wichtigsten Arbeiten, die er im Zeitraum von 1921-1930 geschrieben hat, an den Rand gedrängt beziehungsweise schlichtweg vergessen worden sind. Dazu zählt zum einen sein in der Tradition der geisteswissenschaftlichen Hermeneutik von Wilhelm Dilthey stehender Aufsatz ¿Beiträge zur Theorie der Weltanschauungsinterpretation¿ von 1921-22 sowie sein bis heute weitgehend ignorierter Aufsatz ¿Über das Wesen und die Bedeutung des wirtschaftlichen Erfolgsstrebens¿ von 1930. Der vorliegende Band macht deutlich, dass das wissenssoziologische Werk von Karl Mannheim als integraler Bestandteil eines umfassenderen kultursoziologischen Forschungsprogramms verstanden werden muss.

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The Widening Circle of Genocide, the third volume of an award-winning series, combines an encyclopedic summary of knowledge of the subject with annotated citations of literature in each field of study. It includes contributions by R.J. Rummel, Leonard Glick, Vahakn Dadrian, Rosanne Klass, Martin Van Bruinessen, James Dunn, Gabrielle Tyrnauer, Robert Krell, George Kent, Samuel Totten, and a foreword by Irving Louis Horowitz.This volume presents scholarship on a variety of topics, including: Germany's records of the Armenian genocide; little-known cases of contemporary genocide in Afghanistan, East Timor, and of the Kurds; a provocative new interpretation of the psychic scarring of Holocaust survivors; and nongovernmental organizations that have undertaken the beginnings of scholarship on the worldwide problems of genocide. The Widening Circle of Genocide embodies reverence for human life; its goal is the search for new means to prevent genocide.This work is distinguished by its excellence, originality, and depth of its scholarship. The first volume was selected by the American Library Association for its list of "Outstanding Academic Books of 1988-89." It is both compelling reading and an invaluable tool for scholars and students who wish to pursue specific fields of study of genocide. It will also be of interest to political scientists, historians, psychologists, and religion scholars.

Two of the courses of lectures given in London by Karl Manheim form the basis of this book. The main parts of the book consist of discussions of man and his psychic endowment, elementary social processes, the nature of social integration, and an examination of some of the factors which make for social stability and for social change.

Karl Mannheim, in this book originally published in 1956, sets out his ideas of intellectuals as producers of culture.

A new edition of Karl Mannheim's classic work in which the concepts of 'ideology' and 'utopia' are examined as opposing and dominant societal influences.

The theme of political education is prominent in Karl Mannheim's work. This volume analyzes Mannheim's arguments and intentions in the debates about the role of sociology in higher education and politics. It explores the instructive contrast between his democratic strategy and Max Weber's legacy.