Conservatism

Author: Mannheim
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Publish Date: 2002-10-01
Features: Conservatism is Mannheim's professorial dissertation submitted to the University of Heidelberg in 1925. In this rigorous work, Mannheim takes the post-French Revolution political thought of Germany as a, conducts an in-depth analysis of one of the most influential ideologies in modern politics—conservatism. This book combines conceptual analysis with historical analysis, examining the origins and development of early 19th-century German conservatism from aspects such as way of thinking, relevance to the times, and opposition and complementarity with liberalism. This seminal work in the sociology of knowledge not only provides conceptual understanding of conservatism but also enriches our knowledge of German thought and society during this period.