The Sociological Imagination

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. Leading sociologist Amitai Etzioni 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.

ISBN 0195133730   Volumes 1 ISBN13 9780195133738 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 206 Publisher Oxford University Press Inc   Reprint date 14-Nov-2005 12:00:00 am Imprint Oxford University Press Inc   Published in New York Format Paperback   Previous ISBN 9780195007510 Publication date 31 Jul 2000   Height (mm) 210 Library of Congress H61.M5 200   Width (mm) 140 DEWEY 301   Spine width (mm) 19 DEWEY edition DC21   Academic level Undergraduate, Professional / Scholarly, Postgraduate Pages 256

1		The Promise		3
2		Grand Theory		25
3		Abstracted Empiricism		50
4		Types of Practicality		76
5		The Bureaucratic Ethos		100
6		Philosophies of Science		119
7		The Human Variety		132
8		Uses of History		143
9		On Reason and Freedom		165
10		On Politics		177
App		On Intellectual Craftsmanship		195
		Acknowledgments		227
		Afterword by Todd Gitlin		229
		Index		243

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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