Ideology and Utopia

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This book has been translated by Kuwait Library Company

Mannheim, a pioneer in the field of SOCIOLOGY (740), here analyzes the ideologies that are used to stabilize a social order and the wish-dreams that are employed when any transformation of that same order is attempted.

Translated and with a Foreword by Louis Wirth and Edward Shils; Preface by Wirth; Indices.

Karl Mannheim

Karl Mannheim Born Károly Manheim March 27, 1893 Budapest, Austria-Hungary Died January 9, 1947 (53 years old) London, England Nationality Hungarian Known for One of the founding fathers of the sociology of knowledge His work, Ideology and Utopia Karl Mannheim (March 27, 1893 – January 9, 1947), or Károly Manheim in the original writing of his name, was a Hungarian-born sociologist, influential in the first half of the 20th century and one of the founding fathers of classical sociology as well as a founder of the sociology of knowledge.

He is most known for his book Ideology and Utopia published in 1936 where he argues that ideologies are the true nature of any given society and in trying to achieve utopia, these ideologies affect theories of philosophy and even history.

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