Sociological Imagination - Softcover

MILLS, C. Wright

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195133730 ISBN 13: 9780195133738

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2025

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

The late C. Wright Mills, Professor of Sociology at Columbia University, was a leading critic of modern American civilization. Amitai Etzioni is the University Professor of the George Washington University. He is the author of many books, including The Limits of Privacy and The New Golden Rule, winner of the 1997 Simon Wiesenthal Center for Tolerance Award. He has taught at Harvard and Columbia universities and was senior adviser to the White House from 1978 to 1979. He lives in Washington, D.C.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195133730
• ISBN 13: 9780195133738
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256