A magyar tudásszociológia-vita
“Streit um die Wissenssoziologie” in Hungary

Summary/Abstract: The essay explores the potential contributors and positions in a “Streit um die Wissenssoziologie” that could have taken place in Hungary. Mannheim’s sociology of knowledge was surrounded by heated controversies in Germany, and it seems that a similarly fruitful and insightful debate could have arisen in Hungary too between the two world wars. Although the debate has never took place, it is possible to construct its prospects and potentials from the otherwise advocated positions on the Hungarian scene. The positions discussed here include “geistesgeschichtlich” approaches represented by Lajos Fülep, Gyula Kornis, Gyula Szekfű and Tivadar Theinemann. The paper also dwells on the contributions of Mihály Babits and István Hajnal.

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