The Sociological Imagination

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C. Wright Mills is best remembered for his highly acclaimed workThe 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 Imaginationtook 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. 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