Karl Mannheim and Hungarian Marxism

List of contents

Part I: Hungarian Marxism 1. The Socio-Historical Context of Hungarian Marxism 2. Three Representative Figures: Erwin Szabo, Paul Szende, and Bela Fogarasi 3. Hungarian Marxism after 1920 Part II: Karl Mannheim 4. Mannheim and the French Public: The Controversy over Ideology and Utopia 5. Ideology and False Consciousness 6. The Problem of the “Socially Unattached Intelligentsia” 7. Mannheim’s Second Period (Writings in Emigration) 8. Utopian Consciousness 9. Critique of Mannheim’s Sociology of Knowledge 10. Socially Determined Thought and Historical Materialism: Mannheim and Marxism

About the author

Joseph Gabel

Summary

The volume serves as a useful introduction to the force and character of Marxism in Central Europe. Gabel covers not only key figures but major concepts associated with Mannheim and the sociology of knowledge: ideology and false consciousness; the socially unattached intelligentsia; and the utopian conscience.

Product details

• Authors: Gabel, Joseph Gabel, Gabel Joseph, James McCrate, William M. Stein
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2018
• EAN: 9781138511385
• ISBN: 978-1-138-51138-5
• No. of pages: 136
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Hungary, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Marxism & Communism