born March 27, 1893, Budapest, Austria-Hungary
died Jan. 9, 1947, London, Eng.
Hungarian sociologist.
Mannheim taught in Germany (University of Heidelberg, 1926–30; Frankfurt am Main, 1930–33) before the rise of Adolph Hitler. He was invited to England by political scientist ideology plays in shaping knowledge, a view he discussed in his major work, Ideology and Utopia (1929).