Internet Exercises

Exercise 1

Go to http://www.bolender.com/Dr.%20Ron/SOC4044%20Sociological%20Theory/Class%20Sessions/Sociological%20Theory/Mannheim,%20Karl/mannheim,_karl.htm. Read the content on this Web page and then answer the following questions:

a. How does Mannheim portray human nature in Ideology and Utopia?

b. What is the difference between particular and total ideologies?

c. What are some critiques presented here regarding Mannheim's work?

Exercise 2

Go to http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/99aug/9908genx.htm. Read the article entitled "A Politics for Generation X," by Ted Halstead, and then answer the following questions:

a. How would you characterize the political attitudes of Generation X?

b. How does the economy influence the attitudes of Generation X?

c. How would Mannheim explain Generation X?