The sociological imagination

C. Wright Mills ; with a new afterword by Todd Gitlin.
Author/Creator:
Mills, C. Wright (Charles Wright), 1916-1962 author
Contributor:
Gitlin, Todd writer of afterword
Resource Type:
Book
Publication:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2000.
Edition:
Fortieth anniversary edition
Physical Description:
1 online resource (255 p.)

Details

Note:
  • English
  • Originally published: 1959.
  • Includes index.
Contents:
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 by Todd Gitlin; Index
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 o
Subject:
ISBN:
  • 9780199756346
  • 0199756341
  • 9781282564091
  • 1282564099
  • 9786612564093
  • 6612564091
  • 9780199761128
  • 0199761124
  • 0-19-975634-1
  • 1-282-56409-9
  • 0-19-976112-4
Other ISBN:
  • 9780195133738
  • 0195133730
  • 0-19-513373-0
LC Classification:
H61 .M5 2000
Catalog Record ID:
991036730926003811
Language:
English

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