All knowledge is oriented toward some object and is influenced in its approach by the nature of the object with which it… — Karl Mannheim Copy Share Image
At this point in history when all things which concern man and the structure and elements of history itself are suddenly revealed to us… — Karl Mannheim Copy Share Image
The distrust and suspicion which men everywhere evidence toward their adversaries, at all states of historical development, may be regarded as the immediate precursor… — Karl Mannheim Copy Share Image
Behind every rational and irrational force in human society there is a social mechanism which determines where it is to appear and what forms… — Karl Mannheim Copy Share Image
“ideology signifies a phenomenon intermediate between a simple lie at one pole, and an error, which is the result of a distorted and faulty… — Karl Mannheim Copy Share Image
“In our contemporary social and intellectual plight, it is nothing less than shocking to discover that those persons who claim to have discovered an… — Karl Mannheim Copy Share Image
All knowledge is oriented toward some object and is influenced in its approach by the nature of the object with which it is pre-occupied.… — Karl Mannheim Copy Share Image
A modern theory of knowledge which takes account of the relational as distinct from the merely relative character of all historical knowledge must start… — Karl Mannheim Copy Share Image
As long as one does not call his own position into question but regards it as absolute, while interpreting his opponents' ideas as a… — Karl Mannheim Copy Share Image
For progressive people the present is the beginning of the future. For conservative people the present is the end of the past. — Karl Mannheim Copy Share Image
[W]hen the empirical investigator glories in his refusal to go beyond the specialized observation dictated by the traditions of his discipline, be they ever… — Karl Mannheim Copy Share Image
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