Criticism

Baum, Gregory. Truth Beyond Relativism: Karl Mannheim's Sociology of Knowledge. Milwaukee: Marquette University Press, 1977, 83 p.

Argues for applying Mannheim's theory of the sociology of knowledge to theological method and ecclesiology.

Bauman, Zygmunt. "Understanding as the Work of History: Karl Mannheim." In his Hermeneutics and Social Science, pp. 89-110. New York: Columbia University Press, 1978.

Views Mannheim's work as an outgrowth of Max Weber's. Bauman concludes that unlike Weber and Karl Marx, Mannheim sought objective truth outside the "logic of history."

Bogardus, Emory S. "Mannheim and the Sociology of Knowledge." In his The Development of Social Thought, pp. 605-19. Westport, Conn.:Greenwood Press Publishers, 1960.

Discussion of the sociology of knowledge as a basis for "social reconstruction" and Mannheim's "major" role in the development of this branch of sociology.

Carr, Edward H. "Karl Mannheim." In his From Napoleon to Stalin and Other Essays, pp. 177-83. London: The MacMillan Press, Ltd., 1980.

Contends that Mannheim's importance to British sociology is linked to his "immense talent for synthesis."

Congdon, Lee. "Karl Mannheim as Philosopher." The Journal of European Studies 7, No. 25 (March 1977): 1-18.

Argues for Mannheim's contribution to modern philosopical thought, particularly in his call for a "historicized ontology."

Hartung, Frank E. "Problems of the Sociology of Knowledge." Philosophy of Science 19, No. 1 (January 1952): 17-32.

Charges that Mannheim's formulation of the sociology of knowledge does not state how the existential determination of thought can be demonstrated.

Hinshaw, Virgil G., Jr. "The Epistemological Relevance of Mannheim's Sociology of Knowledge." The Journal of Philosophy XL, No. 3 (4 February 1943), pp. 57-72.

Observes that there is no epistomological branch of the sociology of knowledge and that the sociologist of knowledge is a scientist, not a philosopher.

Jay, Martin. "The Frankfurt School's Critique of Karl Mannheim and the Sociology of Knowledge." In his Permanent Exiles: Essays on the Intellectual Migration from Germany to America, pp. 62-78. New York: Columbia University Press, 1985.

Argues that Mannheim's work on the connections between culture and society was influenced by his friend and mentor, Georg Lukacs.

Loader, Colin. The Intellectual Development of Karl Mannheim: Culture, Politics and Planning. London: Heinemann, 1981 261 p.

Study of Mannheim designed to trace "an intellect developing through several sociocultural contexts."

Meja, Volker and Kettler, David. "Cultural Politics in Karl Mannheim's Sociology." In From Karl Mannheim, edited by Kurt H. Wolff. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction Publishers, 1993.

Maintains that Mannheim's work should be studied without reference to political labels.

Merton, Robert K. "Karl Mannheim and the Sociology of Knowledge." In his Social Theory and Social Structure, pp. 542-62. New York: The Free Press, 1968.

Considers Mannheim's sociology of knowledge as both an outgrowth of and a reaction to the work of his immediate predecessors, including Emile Durkheim and Lucien Levy-Bruhl.

Remmling, Gunter W. "Karl Mannheim: A Revision of an Intellectual Portrait." Social Forces 40, No. I (October 1961): 23-30.

An attempt to clarify Mannheim's contribution to modern sociology by delineating the changes in his thinking through four distinct phases.

Robinson, Daniel S. "Karl Mannheim's Sociological Philosophy." Personalist 29, No. 2 (Spring 1948): 137-48.

Examines Mannheim's philosophy of history and his effort to analyze the historical changes he lived through.

Sagarin, Edward and Kelly, Robert J. "Karl Mannheim and the Sociology of Knowledge." In The Legacy of the German Refugee Intellectuals, edited by Robert Boyers, pp. 273-83. New York: Schocken Books, 1972.

An overview of the intellectual, social, and political influences that led to the formulation of Mannheim's sociology of knowledge.

Simonds, A.P. "What Is the Sociology of Knowledge?" In his Karl Mannheim's Sociology of Knowledge, pp. 23-48. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1978.

An analysis of the nature and purpose of Mannheim's examination of the link between knowlege and society.

Wagner, Helmut R. "The Scope of Mannheim's Thinking." Social Research 20, No. 1 (Spring 1953): 100-09.

Reviews of Mannheim's Essays on the Sociology of Knowledge and Freedom, Power, and Democratic Planning as examples of the scope of Mannheim's thinking and confirmation of the central importance of Ideology and Utopia in his writings.