Norbert Elias and Karl Mannheim

Contrasting Perspectives on the Sociology of Knowledge

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ID20053664
AuthorsRichard Kilminster (corresponding author)
Year2013
Pages191-207
Publication date2013-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeCHAPTER
VenueNorbert Elias and Social Theory (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan US (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1057/9781137312112_13
OpenAlexW2344093842
ISBN9781137312112
LanguageDE
References cited23

The aim of the comparison of Norbert Elias and Karl Mannheim in this chapter is to contribute to our understanding of Elias by situating his theories and his wider sociological outlook as a development out of the German Wissenssoziologie movement. As is very well known, this school originated in the Weimar Republic in the 1920s and 1930s, and Karl Mannheim was its principal representative and intellectual leader. As one of Mannheim's assistants, as well as one of his Habilitation candidates, Elias directly participated in this enterprise. An awareness of the specific genesis of Elias's work should also help us to understand some of the deeper presuppositions and assumptions underlying his whole approach. The comparison of Elias and Mannheim inevitably also illuminates the work of Mannheim, although that is not the primary intention.KeywordsCollect WorkSocial ExistenceWeimar RepublicCivilize ProcessSociological KnowledgeThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves

Epistemology · Social science · Sociology · Sociology of knowledge · Anthropology · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Philosophy · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Sociology and Norbert Elias

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