What is "relationism"

n. (context philosophy English) (w: Karl Mannheim)'s idea, proposed as a response to relativism, that the recognition of different perspectives according to differences in time and social location appears arbitrary only to an abstract and disembodied theory of knowledge.

Relationism can refer to:

• In social thought, Karl Mannheim pioneered the idea of Relationism, in the development of his theories on the Sociology of Knowledge. More particular applications of the term have arisen since his time
• In physics, someone who has constructed a relational theory, or promotes relational theorising, is called a relationist.
• In philosophy, a position that relations exist as ontological primitives (as entities).