Karl Mannheim: critica de la democracia y discurso planificador

In: Revista mexicana de ciencias políticas y sociales, Band 32, Heft 124, S. 97-110

Abstract

Karl Mannheim's preoccupation with the preservation of democracy during his period of exile in England from 1933-1947 is examined. Themes discussed include: (1) the contradiction inherent in democracy, where the increased participation of the masses can foster an outbreak of irrational impulses that leads ultimately to dictatorship; (2) the crisis in values based in the development of technology, science, & a rationally organized society before individuals have been able to develop rational autonomy; (3) the inevitability of increased state intervention in & planning of the capitalist economy, & the problem of preserving the interest of the majority in this development; & (4) whether mass education is likely to result in the extension of democracy or in more rigorous social control by a technocratic elite. J. Anderson