Mills, Charles Wright /
Charles Wright Mills was an American sociologist and social critic who drew heavily from the work of Max Weber and Karl Marx, though he was also heavily influenced by the founders of American philosophical pragmatism. Mills's best known and most influential work, The Sociological Imagination (1...
| Main Authors: | , |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | , , , , |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
London :
SAGE Publications Ltd.,
2020.
|
| Series: | Mixed methods pioneers of social research.
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Charles Wright Mills was an American sociologist and social critic who drew heavily from the work of Max Weber and Karl Marx, though he was also heavily influenced by the founders of American philosophical pragmatism. Mills's best known and most influential work, The Sociological Imagination (1959), was selected by the International Sociology Association as the second most influential book of the 20th century. While Mills predated the advent of postmodernism in sociology, some commentators have pointed out that some of the ideas forwarded in The Sociological Imagination foreshadow the postmodern turn in sociology by several decades (Burawoy, 2008; Kerr, 2009). Mills is also widely known for his exploration in The Power Elite (1956) into the structure of American political power. In this classic work, Mills argued ... |
|---|---|
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781529745436 1529745438 9781526421036 1526421038 |