Social Imagination (New Edition) -- Academic Frontier

Author: C. Wright Mills (USA), translated by Chen Qiang, Zhang Yongqiang
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Features: The Sociological Imagination is a masterpiece that embodies the essence of C. Wright Mills' academic career. It takes the critique of the achievements in American sociology as its central theme, employing the perspective of knowledge sociology and combining the author's research experience in social stratification to criticize the abstract and rigid boundaries of traditional disciplines. This emphasizes the significance of "sociological imagination." First published in 1959, the book has now become a highly esteemed introductory classic in sociology teaching across the English-speaking world and beyond. In 1989, the American sociological community even organized a special symposium to review its 30th anniversary. The current Chinese translation is based on the 40th anniversary edition published by Oxford University Press.