The sociological imagination / C. Wright Mills ; with a new afterword by Todd Gitlin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mills, C. Wright (Charles Wright), 1916-1962.

Contributor:

ebrary, Inc.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social sciences.

Sociology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 pages.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

C. Wright Mills is best remembered for his highly acclaimed work The Sociological Imagination, in which he set forth his views on how social science should be pursued. Hailed upon publication as a cogent and hard-hitting critique, The Sociological Imagination took issue with the ascendant schools of sociology in the United States, calling for a humanist sociology connecting the social, personal, and historical dimensions of our lives. The sociological imagination Mills calls for is a sociological vision, a way of looking at the world that can see links between the apparently private problems of the individual and important social issues. Leading sociologist Todd Gitlin brings this fortieth anniversary edition up to date with a lucid introduction in which he considers the ways social analysis has progressed since Mills first published his study in 1959. A classic in the field, this book still provides rich food for our imagination.

Contents:

1. The promise

2. Grand theory

3. Abstracted empiricism

4. Types of practicality

5. The bureaucratic ethos

6. Philosophies of science

7. The human variety

8. Uses of history

9. On reason and freedom

10. On politics

Appendix : on intellectual craftsmanship

Acknowledgments

Afterword / Todd Gitlin

Index.

Notes:

Originally published: 1959.

Includes index.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780199761128

0199761124

Publisher Number:

99968395871

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