Institutions and Ideas

Mandarins and Non-Mandarins in the German Academic Intelligentsia

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2107403
AutoresSven‐eric Liedman (Göteborgs Stads, autor correspondente), Sven-Eric Liedman
Ano1986
Volume28
Fascículo1
Páginas119-144
Data de publicação1986-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoComparative Studies in Society and History (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0010-4175 • E-ISSN: 1475-2999
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0010417500011889
OpenAlexW2097959274
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5
Referências citadas18

In this article I shall argue that a fundamental and often overlooked trait of ideas and opinions is their controversial or, if you prefer, dialectical character. This means that an idea or an opinion-the words here being used in a general sense-must be seen in connection with its opposite, especially if we are concerned to find its social roots and meaning. To express an idea, to state one's view about something, is a certain kind of action. The purpose of this action is not only to establish a fact but also to exclude other opinions about this fact and, directly or indirectly, to argue against competing opinions, ideologies, theories, and groups. The local or temporal dominance of any particular opinion prompts the question, Why was this position so emphatically maintained? Which were the competing opinions to be excluded

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