ISBN:
9780199761128
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (255 pages)
Edition:
40th ed.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
301
Keywords:
Social sciences
;
Sociology
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
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. 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.
Abstract:
Intro -- 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 -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
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