To reflect on Karl Mannheim is to address fundamental issues of political enlightenment Mannheim's driving determination "was to learn as a sociologist by close observation the secret (even if it is infernal) of these new times
"Learning from Franz Neumann" examines the political and legal thought of Franz Neumann in relation to the contemporary decline of the social welfare state and the rise of populism.
A theoretical overview and six case studies showing that the exile of intellectuals is a difficult, dependent, and fluid condition, whose achievements are dearly bought and whose endings rarely fulfill the missions informing their beginnings.
An introduction to Adam Ferguson's life and thought. The introduction discusses Ferguson's work in relation to his better-known contemporaries David Hume... Læs mere
Focuses on the work of Karl Mannheim by demonstrating how his theoretical conception of a reflexive sociology took shape as a... Læs mere