ISBN:
9780520943445
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0520943449
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xi, 277 pages)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Geary, Daniel Radical Ambition : C. Wright Mills, the Left, and American Social Thought
DDC:
301.092
Keywords:
Mills, C. Wright 1916-1962
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Mills, C. Wright
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Mills, C. Wright
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Mills, C. Wright 1916-1962
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Mills, C. Wright
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Sociology History
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20th century
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United States
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Sociology History 20th century
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Sociology History 20th century
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; General
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Regional Studies
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Sociology ; General
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Sociology
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History
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United States
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Maverick on a Motorcycle?: The Thought and Times of C. Wright Mills; 1. Student Ambitions: The Education of a Social Scientist; 2. What Is Happening in the World Today: Weberian Sociology and Radical Political Analysis; 3. The Union of the Power and the Intellect: The Labor Movement and Bureau-Driven Social Research; 4. The New Little Men: 'White Collar'; 5. The Politics of Truth: 'The Power Elite' and 'The Sociological Imagination'; 6. Worldly Ambitions: The Emergence of a Global New Left.
Abstract:
Epilogue: The Legacy of C. Wright MillsNotes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.
Abstract:
Sociologist, social critic, and political radical C. Wright Mills (1916-1962) was one of the leading public intellectuals in twentieth century America. Offering an important new understanding of Mills and the times in which he lived, Radical Ambition challenges the captivating caricature that has prevailed of him as a lone rebel critic of 1950s complacency. Instead, it places Mills within broader trends in American politics, thought, and culture. Indeed, Daniel Geary reveals that Mills shared key assumptions about American society even with those liberal intellectuals who were his primary oppo
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction: maverick on a motorcycle? The thought and times of C. Wright MillsStudent ambitions: the education of a social scientist -- What is happening in the world today: Weberian sociology and radical political analysis -- The union of the power and the intellect: the labor movement and bureau-driven social research -- The new little men: 'white collar' -- The politics of truth: 'the power elite' and 'the sociological imagination' -- Worldly ambitions: the emergence of a global new left -- Epilogue: the legacy of C. Wright Mills.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
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