The sociological imagination / C. Wright Mills ; with a new afterword by Todd Gitlin.

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TextLanguage: English Publication details: Oxford [England] New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.Description: 248 p. ; 20 cmISBN:

9780195133738

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301 23 MIL

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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

Summary: In this book, the author set forth his views on how social science should be pursued. The book 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 author's view is a way of looking at the world that can see links between the apparently private problems of the individual and important social issues. This new edition contains an afterword by a current leading sociologist in which he considers the contributions the author made with his original work, and examines how his research relates to American society today.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
General Books	CUTN Central Library Social Sciences	Non-fiction	301 MIL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		41625

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Originally published: 1959.

Includes index.

In this book, the author set forth his views on how social science should be pursued. The book 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 author's view is a way of looking at the world that can see links between the apparently private problems of the individual and important social issues. This new edition contains an afterword by a current leading sociologist in which he considers the contributions the author made with his original work, and examines how his research relates to American society today.

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