Comparative appraisal of Karl Mannheim's sociology of knowledge and T.S. Kuhn's theory

In Ideology and Utopia(1936), Mannheim expresses the constituents of sociology of knowledge. He believes that the process of knowledge is influenced by social processesthat is socialprocess penetrates deep into perspective of thought. Sociology of Knowledge is the theory of the social determination of knowledge except scientific knowledge. In The structure of Scientific Revolutions(1962),Thomas Kuhn uses similar method to study of scientific knowledge. He showssociological constituents have a big effect on the formation and development of science.This article is comparative study of Kuhn’s theory about scientific knowledge and Mannheim’s sociology ofknowledge.