A modern theory of knowledge which takes account of the relational as distinct from the merely relative character of all historical knowledge must start with the assumption that there are spheres of thought in which it is impossible to conceive… — 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 in a new light, it behooves us in our scientific thinking to become masters of the situation, for it is not inconceivable that sooner than we suspect, as has often been the case before in history,… — Karl Mannheim Copy Share
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 absolute are usually the same people who also pretend to be superior to the rest. To find people in our day attempting to pass off to the world and recommending to others some nostrum of the… — Karl Mannheim Copy Share
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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