ABSTRACT
Karl Mannheim was one of the leading sociologists of the twentieth century. Essays on the Sociology of Culture, originally published in 1956, was one of his most important books. In it he sets out his ideas of intellectuals as producers of culture and explores the possibilities of a democratization of culture. This new edition includes a superb new preface by Bryan Turner which sets Mannheim's study in the appropriate historical and intellectual context and explains why his thought on culture remains essential for students engaged in debates about mass culture, the politics of culture and postmodernity.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |13 pages
Introduction
part |75 pages
Towards the Sociology of the Mind
chapter |11 pages
First Approach to the Subject
chapter |34 pages
The False and the Proper Concepts of History and Society
chapter |23 pages
The Proper and Improper Concept of the Mind
chapter |6 pages
An Outline of the Sociology of the Mind
chapter |1 pages
Recapitulation: The Sociology of the Mind as an Area of Inquiry
part |80 pages
The Problem of the Intelligentsia
part |76 pages
The Democratization of Culture 1