The Sociological Imagination / Edition 4

by C. Wright Mills, Todd Gitlin

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195133738
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	04/13/2000
Edition description:	40th Anniversary Edition
Pages:	256
Sales rank:	466,532
Product dimensions:	5.33(w) x 8.01(h) x 0.51(d)

About the Author

The late C. Wright Mills, Professor of Sociology at Columbia University, was a leading critic of modern American civilization.

Editorial Reviews

Praise for the original edition: "A challenge, a stimulus, and incitement to students everywhere to look at sociology with a fresh and clearer vision."—Times Literary Supplement (London)

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