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丕賱丕賷丿賷賵賱賵噩賷丕 賵丕賱賷賵鬲賵亘賷丕: 賲賯丿賲丞 賮賷 爻賵爻賷賵賱賵噩賷丕 丕賱賲毓乇賮丞

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Ideology and Utopiaargues that ideologies are mental fictions whose function is to veil the true nature of a given society. They originate unconsciously in the minds of those who seek to stabilise a social order. Utopias are wish dreams that inspire the collective action of opposition groups which aim at the entire transformation of society. Mannheim shows these two opposing elements to dominate not only our social thought but even unexpectedly to penetrate into the most scientific theories in philosophy, history and the social sciences. This new edition contains a new preface by Bryan S. Turner which describes Mannheim's work and critically assesses its relevance to modern sociology. The book is published with a comprehensive bibliography of Mannheim's major works.

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First published January 1, 1929

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November 18, 2017
Reading this book was the equivalent of being in an abusive relationship. Mannheim's writing style is unnecessarily complicated which manifests itself in the form of slightly incomprehensible sentences followed by completely incomprehensible sentences. That being said, his ideas are quite loveable. No matter how many times you throw the book away you will keep coming back to it. Make no mistake reading this book will kill part of your soul before reaching the end. It's fairly exhausting.

Concerning the book's content, I restrain from critique. Mannheim proposes a set of ideas in which our concept of individual knowledge is questioned. Our whole comprehension of the world is influenced by ideologies that shape the way we view and think about things. He makes a distinction between particular and total ideologies. The first interfere with our thoughts on a psychological level. These are certain individual idiosyncrasies like lying to further our personal interests etc.
Total ideologies are the ones that present a real threat, according to Mannheim. These are more thorough and shape our whole world perspective. Here we can include things like religion and political views. What is so problematic with them is that when looking through the lens of their perspective we are automatically unable to understand another perspective. When these ideologies are in play you always have two confronted sides that are unable to communicate because of completely conflicting world views.

Another problem with ideologies is the concept of "false consciousness" where certain factual evidence is systematically masked or presented in a different way that is compatible with the world view of a total ideology. A good example of this is the way Hitler demonized The Jews in order to achieve his political goals.

In order to solve the problem of ideologies, Mannheim proposes a relationist view of the world. This requires of us a historical analysis of the current world views of each era and understanding the way in which our knowledge is always limited by the historical and social context that we live in. Ideas don't just free float out of nowhere to the heads of remarkable individuals. For instance, Newton was so successful because he was born in exactly the right time. This enabled him to accumulate the exact amount of knowledge possible at the time for him to discover gravity.

Mannheim's ideas, although older, still present a challenging and interesting read. These kinds of books can have a positive aspect in lessening the reductionist worldviews that have become common today.
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February 12, 2014
While Mannheim's concepts themselves are interesting, I feel like the whole book walks in little loops; you have to cycle back over previously mentioned ideas in order to move ahead just a millimeter. It was a little exhausting.
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April 3, 2010
I wish I鈥檇 picked up another strand in my review of The Last Gentleman. In it, the engineer, accompanied by a telescope, maps, a firkin and an knowledge of air conditioning represents to some degree measurement, exactitude, reasoning itself; in the novel this is contrasted against the fleshy immanences of existence, the messy viscera of humanity, and also the limits of abstract reasoning. Yet there鈥檚 a dissolution (not a compromise, not a resolution) of the dialectic or contrast 鈥� perhaps because they are, as Wittgenstein may have claimed, not really 鈥榩roblems鈥� at all. There is, demonstrated rather than 鈥榓rgued for鈥�, in the novel (and demonstration is an entirely different kind of thing that writers and artists do where philosophers cannot) an unproblematical living with reason, body, feeling as a possibility.
惭补苍苍丑别颈尘鈥檚 Ideology and Utopia is an Introduction to the Sociology of Knowledge which is not philosophy nor art but deals with the same issues: that between the abstract, transcendental world views of metaphysical and logical positivisms, and the actual lived experience of an individual or group (for the latter include cultural history of an idea, a nation etc) a lived history of experience involving a dialectic of oppression and resistance, inheritance by osmosis of values and their modifications, and ultimately an epistemology which must eschew philosophy but concentrate upon psychology, sociology and an intellectual near-pragmatism which is aware of its own perspectives and constructions as much as it is aware of current histories and the possibilities of change.
Written in 1936 within shooting range of Hitler, this book is extremely pertinent today when aside from the obvious 鈥榝undamentalisms鈥�, the return to dogma and unacknowledged dredging of the irrational to produce modern progressive myths to live by are startlingly apparent to the analysis Mannheim suggests. That the irrational is the foundation of the rational Mannheim emphasises, but the implications of this for self knowledge and understandings of group cohesion are crucial.
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賷賳丕賯卮 賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賰賰賱 賮賰乇丞: 賰賷賮 賷賮賰乇 丕賱賳丕爻 賮毓賱賷賸賾丕責 賵賰賷賮 賷丐丿賷 丕賱賮賰乇 賵馗賷賮鬲賴 賮賷 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賵賮賷 丕賱爻賷丕爻丞 賰兀丿丕丞 賱賱毓賲賱 丕賱丕噩鬲賲丕毓賷
亘丿丕賷丞 賷丨丕賵賱 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 兀賳 賷亘賷賳 兀賴賲 丕賱鬲睾賷乇丕鬲 賮賷 鬲氐賵乇 丕賱賳丕爻 賱賱兀賷丿賷賵賱賵噩賷丕貙 賵賷亘賷賳 賲賳 賳丕丨賷丞 賰賷賮 兀賳 賴匕賴 丕賱鬲睾賷乇丕鬲 賮賷 丕賱賲毓賳賶 賲乇鬲亘胤丞 亘丕賱鬲睾賷乇丕鬲 丕賱丕噩鬲賲丕毓賷丞 賵丕賱鬲丕乇賷禺賷丞貙 賵兀賳 丕賱賲賮丕賴賷賲 匕丕鬲賴丕 鬲賲乇 亘鬲睾賷乇丕鬲 賷賰丕丿 賱丕 賷賱丨馗賴丕 兀丨丿.
賷乇賰夭 毓賱賶 賲賮賴賵賲賷賳 乇卅賷爻賷賷賳 賴賲丕 丕賱兀賷丿賷賵賱賵噩賷丕 賵丕賱賷賵鬲賵亘賷丕 丕賱兀賵賱賶 賷毓乇賮賴丕 賲賳 賲賳馗賵乇 賰賱賷 賵賮乇丿賷 賵賷賵囟丨 鬲丨賵賱賴丕 賲賳 丕賱賮乇丿賷 賱賱賰賱賷 兀賷 鬲丨賵賱 丕賱兀賷丿賷賵賱賵噩賷丕 賲賳 賲噩乇丿 鬲氐賵乇 賮賷 丕賱匕賴賳 丕賱賶 丕毓鬲賯丕丿 毓丕賲 毓賳丿 噩賲丕毓丞 賰賲丕 賷賵囟丨 丕賱賮丕乇賯 亘賷賳 丕賱兀賷丿賷賵賱賵噩賷丕 毓賳丿 丕賱賮乇丿 賵毓賳丿 丕賱噩賲丕毓丞 賵鬲乇賰賷夭 丕賱亘丕丨孬 賮賷 丕賱兀賷丿賷賵賱賵噩賷丕 毓賱賶 丕賱賮乇丿 亘丕毓鬲亘丕乇賴 丕賱毓丕賲賱 丕賱兀爻丕爻 賱賱丕賷丿賷賵賱賵噩賷丕.. 賰賲丕 賷賵囟丨 丕賱鬲丨賵賱 賮賷 丿乇丕爻丞 丕賱兀賷丿賷賵賱賵噩賷丕 毓亘乇 爻賵爻賷賵賱賵噩賷丕 丕賱賲毓乇賮丞 賵丕賴賲賷丞 賴匕丕 丕賱鬲丨賵賱 賲賮乇丿丕 亘毓囟 丕賱鬲賵氐賷丕鬲 賱賱亘丕丨孬 丕賱賲毓賳賷 亘丿乇丕爻丞 丕賱兀賷丿賷賵賱賵噩賷丕.

賷賳鬲賯賱 亘毓丿 匕賱賰 賱賷賵囟丨 丕賱賮丕乇賯 亘賷賳 丕賱爻賷丕爻丞 賵丕賱丕賷丿賷賵賱賵噩賷丕 賳丕賮賷丕 丕賳 鬲賰賵賳 丕賱爻賷丕爻丞 毓賱賲 亘賱 "廿丿丕乇丞" 賵賷禺賵囟 賮賷 鬲賮丕氐賷賱 賷丨丕賵賱 賲賳 禺賱丕賱賴丕 鬲賵囟賷丨 賵噩賴丞 賳馗乇賴 丨賵賱 丕賱賮丕乇賯 亘賷賳 丕賱賲賮乇丿鬲賷賳 賵賰賷賮賷丞 鬲賲賷賷夭賴賲丕.

兀賲丕 丕賱賲賮賴賵賲 丕賱丕禺乇 丕賱匕賷 賷乇賰夭 毓賱賷賴 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賮賴賵 "丕賱毓賯賱賷丞 丕賱賷賵鬲賷賵亘賷丞" 賯丿 賷馗賳 賲賳 賷賲鬲賱賰 禺賱賮賷丞 丨賵賱 賲毓賳賶 賴匕丕 丕賱賲賮賴賵賲 賵賴賵 "丕賱胤賵亘丕賵賷丞" 亘賲毓賳丕賴丕 丕賱賲禺丕賱賮 賱賱賵丕賯毓賷丞 賵丕賱賲鬲噩賴 賳丨賵 丕賱禺賷丕賱 丕賱睾賷乇 賯丕亘賱 賱賱鬲丨賯賯 丕賳 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 賯丿 賷鬲噩賴 賳丨賵 丕毓鬲亘丕乇 丕賱賷賵鬲賷賵亘賷丞 兀賲乇丕 爻賱亘賷丕 賵賷禺乇噩 丕賱丕賳爻丕賳 賲賳 賵丕賯毓賷鬲賴 賱賰賳 丕賱賲賮丕噩兀丞 丕賳賴 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 丕賳 胤乇賷賯 丕賱鬲丕乇賷禺 賷兀禺匕賳丕 賲賳 賳馗丕賲 賲賵噩賵丿 (毓亘乇 賷賵鬲賷賵亘賷丕) 廿賱賶 賳馗丕賲 孬丕賳 .. 匕賱賰 丕賳 丕賱賷賵鬲賵亘賷丕 賴賷 丕賱賮賰乇丞 丕賱睾賷乇 賵丕賯毓賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 賷爻毓賶 賱鬲丨賯賷賯賴丕 丕賱丕賮乇丕丿 丕賵 丕賱噩賲丕毓丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲乇賮囟 丕賱賵丕賯毓 丕賱賲賵噩賵丿 賵丨賷賳 鬲賳噩丨 賮賷 鬲丨賯賷賯 賮賰乇鬲賴丕 丕賱賷賵鬲賷賵亘賷丞 賮丕賳賴丕 鬲鬲丨賵賱 賱鬲賰賵賳 兀賷丿賷賵賱賵噩賷丕 丨賷孬 丕賳 丕賱毓丕賲賱 丕賱賮丕乇賯 亘賷賳 丕賱賷賵鬲賵亘賷丕 賵丕賱丕賷丿賷賵賱賵噩賷丕 賴賵 "廿賲賰丕賳賷丞 丕賱鬲丨賯賯".
丕賱賷賵鬲賷賵亘賷丕鬲 鬲賳胤賱賯 賲賳 丕賱兀賲乇 丕賱賵丕賯毓 賵鬲鬲毓丕賲賱 賲毓賴 毓賱賶 兀賳賴 丨賯賷賯丞 賲丕丿賷丞 賲丨賰賵賲丞 亘丕賱馗乇賵賮 丕賱鬲丕乇賷禺賷丞 賵丕賱丕噩鬲賲丕毓賷丞 賵禺丕囟毓丞 賱爻賳丞 丕賱鬲睾賷賷乇 丕賱丿丕卅賲貙 賮賲賳 丕賱賲賲賰賳 兀賳 賷氐亘丨 賰賱 賲丕 賴賵 賷賵鬲賷賵亘賷 丕賱賷賵賲 丨賯丕卅賯 賱賱睾丿 賵賰孬賷乇賸丕 賲丕 鬲賰賵賳 丕賱賷賵鬲賷賵亘賷丕鬲 丨賯丕卅賯 賱賲 鬲賳囟噩 亘毓丿.
丕賱賳馗丕賲 丕賱丨丕賱賷 賷賳馗乇 廿賱賶 鬲氐賵乇丕鬲 丕賱丿丕毓賷賳 廿賱賶 賳馗丕賲 噩丿賷丿 毓賱賶 兀賳賴賲 賷賵賷鬲賵亘賷賳貙 兀賲丕 丕賱丿丕毓賷賳 廿賱賶 丕賱賳馗丕賲 丕賱噩丿賷丿 賮賴賲 賷賳馗乇賵賳 廿賱賶 賲賲孬賱賷 丕賱賳馗丕賲 丕賱丨丕賱賷 毓賱賶 兀賳賴賲 賷毓賷卮賵賳 鬲氐賵乇 兀賷丿賷賵賱賵噩賷貙 丕賱胤亘賯丞 丕賱亘乇噩賵丕夭賷丞 賲孬賱丕 賰丕賳鬲 鬲丨賲賱 鬲氐賵乇丕 賷賵鬲賷賵亘賷丕 賴賵 (丕賱丨乇賷丞) 賵賯丿 兀氐亘丨鬲 丨賯賷賯丞 賵賵丕賯毓賸丕.
毓賲賵賲丕.. 賱丕 賷賲賰賳 兀賳 鬲氐賳賮 賮賰乇丞 賲賳 丕賱兀賮賰丕乇 兀賳賴丕 兀賷丿賷賵賱賵噩賷丕 兀賵 賷賵鬲賷賵亘賷丕 廿賱丕 亘毓丿 鬲丨賯賯賴丕 兀賵 毓丿賲 鬲丨賯賯賴丕 .. 賵賱賵 丕賳鬲禺亘鬲 毓亘丕乇丞 賲賱賮鬲丞 賮賷 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賮賴賷
(廿賳 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 丕賱匕賷 賮丕夭 亘兀賰亘乇 爻賷胤乇丞 賮賰乇賷丞 毓賱賶 丕賱賵噩賵丿 賷氐亘丨 丨賷賳 賷購鬲乇賰 亘賱丕 賲購孬購賱 毓賱賷丕 賲噩乇丿 賲禺賱賵賯 毓卮賵丕卅賷 賳夭賵丕卅賷 ... 廿匕丕 鬲禺賱賶 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 毓賳 丕賱賷賵鬲賷賵亘賷丕鬲貙 賮廿賳賴 賷囟賷毓 廿乇丕丿鬲賴 賮賷 氐賳毓 丕賱鬲丕乇賷禺貙 賵賷囟賷毓 賲毓賸丕 賯丿乇鬲賴 毓賱賶 賮賴賲 丕賱鬲丕乇賷禺)

丕賱賲賵囟賵毓 賯丿 賷賰賵賳 賲賳 丕賱鬲乇賮 亘丕賱賳爻亘丞 賱賱亘毓囟 丕賱丕 丕賳賴 賷丨賵賷 噩賵丕賳亘 賲賴賲丞 賵賱賮鬲丕鬲 匕賰賷丞 .. 賵亘丕賱乇睾賲 賲賳 氐毓賵亘丞 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賳爻亘賷丕 丕賱丕 丕賳賴 賲賳 丕賱賲賲賰賳 丕賱丕爻鬲賲鬲丕毓 亘賯乇丕卅鬲賴.
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March 7, 2019
This is a must read for any scientist who wonder about the nature of research activity. Although it is theoretical book - hardly no data -, it makes the case that science is anything but a neutral activity in pursue of truths. Social and material conditions of existence should also be a part of the hermeneutics of science, since no scientists ever lived in a vacuum. Similarly, analysis of ideologies and utopias help to orient our efforts to understand where does a scientific theory comes from and where it leads. This pre-Kuhn Kuhnian perspective, however, does not end up in a helpless relativism as necessary outcome. Mannheim believes that there is something as a cognoscible 'truth', but science is not the eye-from-nowhere that will reveal it as is. In fact, scientific activity carries the ideologico-utopical signals of the social groups that generated and promoted it, but a frank dialogue in spaces that incorporate all types of social groups might help scientists themselves to understand their own biases and blindspots.

I'm not familiar with any other author that discussed this issues so early in the century. But, truth be told, those issues are still troubling scientists and all people who wants to know what is truth.
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"Ideolog铆a y Utop铆a" es una de las obras m谩s influyentes de Karl Mannheim, un soci贸logo del conocimiento que intenta explorar la relaci贸n entre las ideas, las ideolog铆as y las utop铆as dentro del contexto social y pol铆tico. Este texto establece un marco fundamental para comprender c贸mo las creencias, ideas y teor铆as no son simplemente producto de la raz贸n individual o de un conocimiento neutral, sino que est谩n profundamente condicionadas por las estructuras sociales y las posiciones que los individuos ocupan dentro de ellas. Mannheim introduce un an谩lisis que muestra c贸mo las ideas est谩n vinculadas tanto a las estructuras de poder como a las posibilidades de cambio en la sociedad.

Una de las premisas centrales del libro es que las ideas no existen en el vac铆o ni surgen 煤nicamente del pensamiento abstracto o filos贸fico. Mannheim plantea que todas las ideas son producto de las circunstancias sociales y pol铆ticas en las que los individuos se encuentran. En su propuesta, el conocimiento est谩 "situado", es decir, siempre influido por la posici贸n social del sujeto. No se trata de un conocimiento puramente objetivo, sino que es el resultado de las tensiones sociales, econ贸micas y pol铆ticas que afectan a los individuos en diversas 茅pocas y contextos.

En este sentido, Mannheim destaca el papel de la clase social en la generaci贸n de ideas. Las personas que ocupan una posici贸n privilegiada en la sociedad (las clases altas, por ejemplo) tienden a desarrollar ideas que justifican y perpet煤an el sistema que les beneficia. Por otro lado, las clases m谩s bajas pueden desarrollar ideas que, aunque radicales y ut贸picas, buscan transformar el orden social. Mannheim subraya que estas ideas no surgen del "vac铆o", sino que est谩n profundamente marcadas por la experiencia de la vida social, lo que influye en su manera de pensar, de organizar la sociedad y de percibir la realidad.

Una de las contribuciones m谩s interesantes de Mannheim en este texto es su definici贸n de ideolog铆a y utop铆a, dos conceptos fundamentales que usa para analizar c贸mo las ideas se relacionan con el poder y el cambio social.

Por ideolog铆a, Mannheim se refiere a las ideas que sirven para justificar y mantener el orden social existente, es decir, aquellas que favorecen a las clases dominantes o al poder establecido. Las ideolog铆as, seg煤n 茅l, son herramientas que aseguran la estabilidad del sistema y a menudo ocultan las injusticias inherentes al mismo. Estas ideas son utilizadas para perpetuar el statu quo, y se caracterizan por ser m谩s conservadoras, apoyando la estructura social tal como es. Mannheim observa que la ideolog铆a es, en muchos casos, "c贸moda" para quienes se benefician de ella, ya que valida sus intereses y su poder.

En cambio, utop铆a hace referencia a aquellas ideas que desaf铆an el sistema y proponen una transformaci贸n radical de la sociedad. Las utop铆as suelen ser vistas como "idealistas" y a menudo son m谩s visionarias que realizables. Sin embargo, Mannheim considera que las utop铆as son cruciales, pues permiten imaginar nuevas formas de organizaci贸n social, pol铆tica y econ贸mica. Las utop铆as abren un espacio para la creatividad social y son esenciales para el cambio, ya que, aunque no siempre se materialicen tal como se imaginaron, pueden influir en la movilizaci贸n social y pol铆tica.

La relaci贸n entre ideolog铆a y utop铆a, seg煤n Mannheim, no es antag贸nica. Ambos conceptos est谩n condicionados por la posici贸n social de las personas y, en muchos casos, las utop铆as surgen como respuesta a las ideolog铆as dominantes que no satisfacen las necesidades o deseos de las clases m谩s bajas. En este sentido, Mannheim sostiene que las ideolog铆as y las utop铆as est谩n en una especie de "di谩logo" constante, ya que ambas responden a los intereses de los grupos sociales que las producen.

Una de las reflexiones m谩s importantes de Mannheim en este libro es sobre el papel de los intelectuales y c贸mo su posici贸n social puede afectar la objetividad de sus ideas. Mannheim argumenta que los intelectuales, al tener un cierto grado de autonom铆a respecto a los intereses econ贸micos o pol铆ticos inmediatos, deber铆an ser capaces de ofrecer un an谩lisis m谩s objetivo de la realidad social. Sin embargo, incluso los intelectuales no est谩n completamente libres de las influencias sociales. Su visi贸n est谩 tambi茅n condicionada por su propia posici贸n en la estructura social.

El desaf铆o que Mannheim plantea es c贸mo los intelectuales pueden lograr una cierta neutralidad en su an谩lisis, distanci谩ndose de las ideolog铆as dominantes o de los intereses de las clases con las que puedan identificarse. Si logran superar este obst谩culo, los intelectuales tienen el potencial de generar una visi贸n m谩s profunda y cr铆tica del orden social, ayudando a dar forma a los cambios que la sociedad necesita.

El concepto de perspectivismo es otro punto clave en la obra de Mannheim. 脡l sostiene que todo conocimiento es parcial, ya que est谩 condicionado por la perspectiva desde la cual se observa la realidad. No existe una verdad universal que pueda ser conocida de manera absoluta; en cambio, las diversas perspectivas sociales (seg煤n clase, g茅nero, etnia, etc.) producen visiones diferentes de la realidad. Esto implica que no hay una 煤nica forma de ver el mundo, sino m煤ltiples puntos de vista que deben ser entendidos y analizados en su contexto.

"Ideolog铆a y Utop铆a" es una obra clave para entender c贸mo las ideas est谩n entrelazadas con el poder social y las estructuras pol铆ticas. Mannheim no solo ofrece una cr铆tica profunda a la noci贸n de conocimiento "objetivo", sino que tambi茅n proporciona una base para analizar las tensiones sociales a trav茅s de las ideas, mostrando c贸mo la ideolog铆a y la utop铆a son reflejos de las luchas de poder que definen las din谩micas sociales.

En 煤ltima instancia, Mannheim nos invita a reflexionar sobre la naturaleza de las ideas en la sociedad y el papel crucial que las ideolog铆as y las utop铆as juegan en la configuraci贸n de nuestras realidades sociales y pol铆ticas. Al reconocer que nuestras creencias est谩n influenciadas por nuestra posici贸n social, nos da una herramienta poderosa para entender el cambio social y c贸mo podemos imaginar, y quiz谩s construir, un futuro diferente.
10 reviews1 follower
July 21, 2014
While this book was hailed as ground-breaking in the sociology of knowledge, I found it very general in its ideas and mostly as applied to academic knowledge. The concepts of ideology as socially formed thought systems that support particular social structures and utopia as a conception of an alternative social structure I do find useful.
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February 12, 2024
鈥淎 thoroughgoing clarification of [ideology] is attainable only by getting rid of the one-sidedness inherent in the original conception. 鈥� To begin with, it could easily be shown that those who think in socialist and communist terms discern the ideological element only in the thinking of their opponents while regarding their own thought as entirely free from any taint of ideology.鈥� (pp.124-5)

鈥淪ocialist-communist theory is then a synthesis of intuitionism and a determined desire to comprehend phenomena in an extremely rational way. Intuitionism is present in this theory because it denies the possibility of exact calculations of events in advance of their happening. The rationalist tendency enters because it aims to fit into a rational scheme whatever novelty comes to view at any moment. 鈥� This constitutes the synthesis which men are likely to make when they live in the midst of irrationality and recognize it as such, but do not despair and attempt to interpret it rationally. Marxist thought is akin to conservative thought in that it does not deny the existence of an irrational sphere and does not try to conceal it as the bureaucratic mentality does, or treat it in a purely intellectual fashion as if it were rational, as liberal-democratic thinkers do. It is distinguished from conservative thought, however, in that it conceives of this relative irrationality as potentially comprehensible through new methods of rationalization.鈥� (pp.128-9)

鈥淭he bourgeois mind had a vital social interest in concealing from itself, by means of [its] intellectualism, the limits of its own rationalization.鈥� (p. 150)

鈥淸T]he fanaticism of radicalized intellectuals 鈥� bespeaks a psychic compensation for the lack of a more fundamental integration into a class and the necessity of overcoming their own distrust as well as that of others.鈥� (p. 159)

鈥淏y calling everything utopian that goes beyond the present existing order, one sets at rest the anxiety that might arise from the relative utopias that are realizable in another order.鈥� (p.197)

鈥淸Socialism鈥檚] conservative antagonist is considered only secondarily, just as in political life one generally proceeds more sharply against the closest related opponent than against a distant one, because the tendency is much greater to glide over into his view, and consequently especial watchfulness must be exercised against this inner temptation. Communism, for example, fights more energetically against Revisionism than against conservatism. This helps us understand why socialist-communist theory is in a position to learn much from conservatism.鈥� (p.239-40)
8 reviews
January 17, 2021
I began reading assigned sections of Ideology and Utopia during grad school back in the early 1990s. I decided to finally pick it up and re-read the entire book. Make no mistake, Ideology and Utopia is a struggle to read. You will find yourself re-reading some paragraphs 3 or 4 times to make sure you understand it. Mannheim is unnecessarily complex in his writing, (or perhaps it was the translation by Louis Wirth); regardless, you will encounter sentences that run half a page and full pages with few or no paragraph breaks. However, the themes he is discussing back in 1929 seem eerily contemporary in the neo-fascist and rising authoritarian world in which we now find ourselves (I am writing this just 10 days after the Capitol building siege in the U.S. instigated by Trump). Driven by ideologies, in which facts to the contrary of our beliefs are masked and falsehoods are repeated over and over until they become alternative facts, we can witness in our modern society by just watching the events on the news exactly what Mannheim was discussing in 311 pages of his very densely rich book. If you do attempt to read this book, just make sure you have no distractions around you. It is definitely not light reading. Peace!
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92 reviews5 followers
December 26, 2020
Libro complicado, que, como dice en otra rese帽a, va como dando vueltas que van produciendo muy lentamente una teor铆a concreta. El problema es que es tan detallado que inevitablemente tiene que tomarse tiempo abarcando cada tem谩tica que toca. Por lo tanto van a haber muchos p谩rrafos indescifrables que m谩s adelante van a cobrar sentido. Entrega una visi贸n sociol贸gica 鈥搈uy cuidada en lo metodol贸gico鈥� acerca del conocimiento, el pensamiento y la ideolog铆a, con una raigambre marcadamente materialista, aunque sin sesgo marxista. Me llam贸 la atenci贸n ver c贸mo trata las mismas tem谩ticas que la 鈥渢eor铆a de los puntos de vista鈥�, muy propia del feminismo moderno, siendo que se escribi贸 en 1936. Muy recomendado si se desea profundizar en ideolog铆a, de lo contrario mejor quedarse con Marx.
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January 28, 2025
賴匕丕 兀賴賲 賰鬲丕亘 賱賴匕賴 丕賱爻賳丞 亘丕賱賳爻亘丞 賱賷貙 賱兀賳賴 賷賳丕賯卮 賯囟賷丞 賵賷賯丿賲 兀賮賰丕乇賸丕 賷賲賰賳 鬲胤亘賷賯賴丕 賮賷 賰賱 丕賱賲噩丕賱丕鬲貙 賵禺氐賵氐賸丕 丕賱爻賷丕爻賷丞.

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賲卮賰賱丞 丕賱賰鬲丕亘貙 賮賷 乇兀賷賷貙 兀賳賴 賲賲賱 賱賱睾丕賷丞貙 賵丕賱爻亘亘 賮賷 匕賱賰 毓賲賯 丕賱賮賰乇丞 賵賰賵賳賴丕 賳馗乇賷丞 亘丕賱賰丕賲賱. 賷毓賷亘 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 兀賷囟賸丕 丕賱鬲賰乇丕乇 賮賷 亘毓囟 丕賱兀賮賰丕乇.

丕賱鬲乇噩賲丞 賲賲鬲丕夭丞貙 賵賰丕賳鬲 丕賱兀賮賰丕乇貙 亘毓賲賵賲賴丕貙 賵丕囟丨丞.

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16 reviews
July 15, 2024
There is something prototypical in this, something that feels like a fantastic landmark around which to plot so many other threads of philosophical thought through the mid-twentieth century. It鈥檚 an incredibly schematic approach, one that perhaps falters in focusing more on thought than dialogue鈥攅ven though it acknowledges how thought is socio-historical, is manifestly contextual.
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33 reviews
October 24, 2024
I've always had an issue with these books. It must have been a great breakthrough at the time and there is no disputing this. However, I found that the contents of the books could have been written in a much smaller volume. Have to go mixed on this one due to the impact it has had on political thinking, but the waffle that is typical within these is beyond painful.
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September 4, 2022
dnf, but the chapter defining Utopia from first principles and trying to trace the various utopias over the past 500 years or so was interesting - surprisingly readable given the theoreticalness. Still kind of difficult and above my level, but I found bits of it enlightening.
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August 8, 2018
袣褉邪泄薪械 褌褟卸械谢邪褟 写谢褟 锌芯薪懈屑邪薪懈褟 泻薪懈谐邪, 懈 褔懈褌邪褌褜 械械 薪褍卸薪芯 芯褔械薪褜-芯褔械薪褜 屑械写谢械薪薪芯 (褔褌芯 写谢褟 屑械薪褟 薪械胁芯蟹屑芯卸薪芯), 锌芯褝褌芯屑褍 锌芯薪褟谢邪 褟 薪械 胁褋械, 薪芯 褌芯 薪械屑薪芯谐芯械, 褔褌芯 锌芯薪褟谢邪, 写褍屑邪褞, 芯泻邪卸械褌褋褟 锌芯谢械蟹薪褘屑 写谢褟 芯斜写褍屑褘胁邪薪懈褟.
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47 reviews56 followers
July 1, 2023
I'm not quite sure I understand fully the last two chapters though. It would be great if somebody were to discuss it with me in a structured book club. Any takers?
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April 15, 2025
mysl铆m, 啪e 鈥溑緄jeme ve spole膷nosti鈥� a 鈥渟oci谩ln铆 konstrukty existuj铆鈥� 拧lo 艡铆ct jednodu拧eji
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October 22, 2015
賷乇賷 賲丕賳賴丕賷賲 兀锟斤拷 賲賮賴賵賲 丕賱兀賷丿賷賵賱賵噩丕 鬲賮賰賷乇 賷賴丿賮 丕賱賷 丕爻鬲賲乇丕乇 丕賱丨丕囟乇 賵 賳賮賷 亘匕賵乇 丕賱鬲睾賷賷乇 丕賱賲賵噩賵丿賴 賮賷賴 賷爻丕毓丿 毓賱賶 丨賮馗 丕賱賳馗丕賲 丕賱賯丕卅賲 賵 丕賱鬲賲爻賰 亘丕賱兀賲賳 賮賲賮賵賲賴丕 丕賱禺丕氐 賷卮賷乇 丕賱賶 兀賳賴丕 卮乇賷丨丞 丕賵 賯胤丕毓 賲賳 丕賱賮賰乇 丕賱賲毓丕乇囟 丕賵 丕賱賲賳丕賵卅 賮兀賳 賱賲 鬲鬲睾賷乇 賴匕賴 丕賱賲氐丕賱丨 賵 丕賱丕賴鬲賲丕賲丕鬲 賮賮賰乇 丕賱噩賲丕毓丞 賷馗賱 孬丕亘鬲 賵 丕爻鬲丕鬲賷賰賷 爻賷賰賵賱賵噩賷丞 賲氐丕賱丨 丕賲丕 丕賱鬲氐賵乇 丕賱毓丕賲 賱賴丕 兀賳賴丕 賱丕 鬲賲賷夭 丕賱賮賰乇 丕賱賲毓丕乇囟 賮丨爻亘 亘賱 兀賳賴丕 鬲賲賷夭 賮賰乇 丕賱賮乇丿 賳賮爻賴 賮賷乇賷 賲丕賳賴丕賷賲 兀賳 丕賱賮乇丿 丕賱匕賷 賱丕 賷毓鬲賳賯 丕賷丿賷賵賱賵噩賷丞 賲毓賷賳丞 亘氐賵乇丞 鬲夭賲賳賷丞 賴賵 卮禺氐 賲孬賯賮 賲丨乇乇 賲賳 賰賱 丕賳鬲賲丕亍 胤亘賯賷 賵 賷氐賱 丕賱賷 丕賱賵毓賷 丕賱氐丕丿賯 賵 丕賱賲賵囟賵毓賷丞 丕賱賮賰乇賷丞 賱兀賳賴 亘匕賱賰 鬲丨乇乇 賲賳 丕賱賲丨丿丿丕鬲 丕賱丕噩鬲賲丕毓賷丞 賵 丕賱鬲氐賯 亘丕賱賵丕賯毓 賵 兀賴賲 丕賱丕賷丿賱賵噩賷丕鬲 丕賱丕噩鬲賲丕毓賷賴 賵 丕賱爻賷丕爻賷丞 1- 丕賱賲匕賴亘 丕賱賲丨丕賮馗 賮賷賲賷賱 丕賱賷 鬲丨賵賷賱 賰賱 賲卮丕賰賱 丕賱爻賷丕爻賷丞 丕賱賷 賲卮丕賰賱 丕丿丕乇賷丞 賮賷丨丕賵賱 賲毓丕賱噩丞 丕賱丕賲乇 賮賷 賰賱 孬賵乇丞 亘爻賳 鬲卮乇賷毓丕鬲 鬲毓爻賮賷丞 亘丿賱 賲賳 賲賵丕噩賴丞 賲亘丕卮乇丞 丕賱賵囟毓 丕賱爻賷丕爻賷 2- 丕賱賲匕賴亘 丕賱鬲丕乇賷禺賷 丕賱賲丨丕賮馗 賷鬲賰賵賳 賲賳 胤亘賯丞 丕賱賳亘賱丕亍 賵 丕賱胤亘賯丞 丕賱亘乇噩賵丕夭賷丞 賲賳 丕賱賲孬賯賮賷賳 賮丕賷丿賷賵賱賵噩賷鬲賴 賵噩賵丿 毓賱賲 賱亘賳丕亍 丿賵賱丞 丿賷賲賯乇丕胤賷丞 賵 鬲噩丿賷丿賴丕 賵 丕氐賱丕丨賴丕 毓賱賲 賱丕 賷賲賰賳 鬲毓賱賷賲賴 賲爻亘賯丕 3- 丕賱賮賰乇 丕賱亘乇噩賵丕夭賷 丕賱丿賷賲賯乇丕胤賷 丕賱賱賷亘乇丕賱賷 賴賵 賮賰乇 丿毓賲鬲賴 丕賱胤亘賯丞 丕賱亘乇噩賵丕夭賷丞 丕賱丿賷賲賯乇丕胤賷丞 賷賯賵賲 毓賱賶 丕賲乇賷賳 丕賲丕 丕賳 賷毓賲賷 毓賳 乇丐賷丞 毓賳丕氐乇 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賵 丕賱孬賯丕賮丞 賵 丕賱賮賰乇 丕賱賯丕卅賲 毓賱賶 丕賱賲氐賱丨丞 賵 丕賱乇丐賷丞 丕賱卮丕賲賱丞 賱賱丨賷丕丞 賵 丕賱毓丕賱賲 丕賵 賷毓鬲乇賮 亘賷賴賲 4- 丕賱賮賰乇 丕賱卮賷賵毓賷 丕賱丕卮鬲乇丕賰賷 賮賷賯賵賲 丿賲噩 丕賱毓賯賱丕賳賷丞 丕賱賲賵噩賵丿丞 賮賷 丕賱賲匕賴亘 丕賱亘乇噩賵丕夭賷 賵 丕賱賱丕毓賯賱丕賳賷丞 丕賱賲賵噩賵丿丞 賮賷 丕賱賲匕賴亘 丕賱鬲丕乇賷禺賷 5- 丕賱賲匕賴亘 丕賱賮丕卮賷 賮賷鬲丕賲賷賳 亘賳馗乇賴 丕賱賱丕毓賯賱丕賳賷丞 丕賱賷 丕賱毓丕賱賲 賵 丕賱丕賷賲丕賳 亘丕賱毓賲賱 丕賱賲亘丕卮乇 賵 丕賱賳卮丕胤 丕賱賮毓丕賱 賵 亘兀賴賲賷丞 丕賱賲亘丕丿乇丞 賱丿賷 丕賱氐賮賵丞 丕賱賯丕卅丿丞
丕賲丕 丕賱賷賵鬲賵亘賷丕 賮賳賵毓 賲賳 丕賱鬲賮賰賷乇 賱丕 賷賰鬲賮賷 亘丕賱鬲賳丕賮乇 賲毓 丕賱賵丕賯毓 亘賱 賷鬲禺胤丕賴 賮賷鬲丨賵賱 賱爻賱賵賰 爻丕卅丿 賴丿賮賴 鬲丨賯賷賯 丕賱鬲毓丿賷賱 賵 丕賱鬲睾賷賷乇 賮賷 丕賱賳馗丕賲 賵 丕丿禺丕賱 丕賱鬲睾賷乇丕鬲 賮賷 噩賵賴乇賴 賵 賱賴丕 丕卮賰丕賱 1- 丕賱兀賱賮賷丞 鬲亘賳丕賴丕 the anabaptists 丿丕毓賷賳 丕賱賷 丕毓丕丿賴 丕賱鬲毓賲賷丿 賵 毓賵丿丞 丕賱爻賷丿 丕賱賲爻賷丨 丕賱賷 丕賱丕乇囟 2- 丕賱丕賳爻丕賳賷丞 丕賱賱賷亘乇丕賱賷丞 賮賳卮丕亍鬲 賳鬲賷噩丞 氐乇丕毓 賵 賳夭丕毓 囟丿 丕賱賳馗丕賲 丕賱丨丕賰賲 賮爻賱丕丨賴丕 丕賱丕禺賱丕賯 賵 丕賱孬賯丕賮丞 3- 丕賱賲丨丕賮馗賷賳 鬲賯亘賱 丕賱賵囟毓 丕賱乇丕賴賳 賵 鬲乇賷 丕賳賴 賳馗丕賲 賲賳丕爻亘 賵 氐丨賷丨 賵 賱丕 鬲鬲丨乇賰 丕賱丕 丨賷賳 鬲氐胤丿賲 亘丕賱胤亘賯丕鬲 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賲賷賱 賱鬲丨胤賷賲 丕賱賳馗丕賲 丕賱丕噩鬲賲丕毓賷 丕賱賯丕卅賲 4- 丕賱丕卮鬲乇丕賰賷丞 丕賱卮賷賵毓賷丞 賮鬲鬲賮賯 丕賱賱賷亘乇丕賱賷丞 賲毓 丕賱卮賷賵毓賷丞 賮賷 丕賷賲丕賳賴賲 亘丕賱丨乇賷丞 賵 丕賱賲爻丕賵丕丞 賵 賱賳 賷鬲丨賯賯 丕賱丕 賮賷 丕賱賲爻鬲賯亘賱 丕賱亘毓賷丿
23 reviews
March 8, 2020
While this book could be glibly summed up as a treatise on the notion that we all have biases, the book is one of the most complex examinations of how our perspectives, our histories, our framework for all knowledge are all impossibly tied up with our context. It eerily seems ripe for new readers in the age of Trumpism and zealotry, and it's horrifying to think Mannheim died during the rise of Hitler.

Notes: "...too many conflicting sources from which meanings with regard to a given object are derived in the same society lean in the end to the dissolution of every system of meaning."
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116 reviews92 followers
December 18, 2015
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March 29, 2016
...se trata de una cr铆tica -notable- del marxismo hist贸rico, no de Marx.

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October 30, 2022
An interesting study in the social phenomena of knowledge, although embedded in Marxian/Hegelian assumptions, is well written and coherent, but fall short in its explanations and lack formal/empirical proofs of many of the assertions made, which is often the case in older humanities-related texts.
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