Karl Mannheim

Karl Mannheim (March 27, 1893, Budapest - January 9, 1947, London) was a Hungarian-born sociologist, influential in the first half of the 20th century. Mannheim rates as a founder of the sociology of knowledge.

References

• Kettler,D. and Meja,V. (1995) Karl Mannheim and the Crisis of Liberalism. New Brunswick and London: Transaction.
• Meja, V. and Stehr, N. (eds) (1982) Knowledge and Politics. The Sociology of Knowledge Dispute. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul.
• Kettler, David, Volker Meja and Nico Stehr (1984), Karl Mannheim. London: Tavistock.