I had to read the piece several times. Thoroughly interesting. It had completely escaped me that Karl Mannheim could be relevant to today's world.
As far as I know the declaration that the values and beliefs of a society are those held the majority of the population and can be discovered by polls and surveys belongs to Auguste Comte. He also proposed that they could be changed by the pronouncements of authority figures and press campaigns. Karl Mannheim seems to have adapted this approach to the upper or intellectual class.
Augustin Cochin, a French historian and philosopher active around 1900, made a long inquiry into the origin and causes of the French Revolution. His conclusion is that the habit of free discussion in the thought societies of the 18th century and the newly fashionable rationalism brought the intelligentsia to view the traditions and the Catholic religion as heavy and irrational constraints on society, on the ways of thinking and on the use of money/resources. The French Revolution started as a liberation from the Ancien Regime and Catholic religion. This struggled carried on until the end of the 20th century when the last remnants of the Ancien Regime have disappeared and the Catholic church is almost dead. I am fascinated by how neatly this fits into your own thinking.
Interesting stuff, thank you but not sure I fully understand it all. Definitely need to start reading the new book. Some of what you describe reminded me of Ed Dutton who talks about the links between biology and societal expression through his ‘spiteful mutant’ theory.
This was an interesting piece -- lots of yet-not-understood stuff going on here. Interestingly, Remnant MD did a piece on generational morphing by phenotypic preferences this morning. Complementary. https://www.remnantmd.com/p/darwinian-evolution-is-incomplete.
I had to read the piece several times. Thoroughly interesting. It had completely escaped me that Karl Mannheim could be relevant to today's world.
As far as I know the declaration that the values and beliefs of a society are those held the majority of the population and can be discovered by polls and surveys belongs to Auguste Comte. He also proposed that they could be changed by the pronouncements of authority figures and press campaigns. Karl Mannheim seems to have adapted this approach to the upper or intellectual class.
Augustin Cochin, a French historian and philosopher active around 1900, made a long inquiry into the origin and causes of the French Revolution. His conclusion is that the habit of free discussion in the thought societies of the 18th century and the newly fashionable rationalism brought the intelligentsia to view the traditions and the Catholic religion as heavy and irrational constraints on society, on the ways of thinking and on the use of money/resources. The French Revolution started as a liberation from the Ancien Regime and Catholic religion. This struggled carried on until the end of the 20th century when the last remnants of the Ancien Regime have disappeared and the Catholic church is almost dead. I am fascinated by how neatly this fits into your own thinking.
Definitely very Gouldner-esque analysis there!
Interesting stuff, thank you but not sure I fully understand it all. Definitely need to start reading the new book. Some of what you describe reminded me of Ed Dutton who talks about the links between biology and societal expression through his ‘spiteful mutant’ theory.
I make use of the spiteful mutant theory in the new book. Though I think it's more Michael Woodley's theory.
I concede, this post was a lot to digest. Thanks for giving it a read.
This was an interesting piece -- lots of yet-not-understood stuff going on here. Interestingly, Remnant MD did a piece on generational morphing by phenotypic preferences this morning. Complementary. https://www.remnantmd.com/p/darwinian-evolution-is-incomplete.
t. Edward Shils enjoyer.