Sociology of knowledge
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The sociology of knowledge is the study of the relationship between human thought, the social context within which it arises, and the effects that prevailing ideas have on societies. It is not a speci
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Emile Durkheim
Karl Mannheim
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Karl Mannheim 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,
Sociology of knowledge
…The widespread use of the term sociology of knowledge emerged in the 1920s, when several German-speaking sociologists, most notably Max Scheler and Karl Mannheim, wrote extensively on sociological aspects of knowledge. This was followed in 1937 by a much-cited survey of the subject by Robert K. Merton, the…
Mannheim c. 1943
Monument to Karl Mannheim in Golders Green Columbarium, part of Golders Green Crematorium