Sociological Imagination

Author: C. Wright Mills
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Publication Date: 2001-07-01
Features: This book was first published in 1959 and has since become a highly esteemed introductory classic in sociological teaching in the English-speaking world and beyond. In 1989, the American Sociological Association 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. The Sociological Imagination is a culmination of Mills' life's academic, exploring the theme of critically examining the achievements of American sociology. Employing the perspective of knowledge sociology and combining the author's research experience in social stratification, it critiques the abstract and rigid boundaries of traditional disciplines, thereby emphasizing the significance of "sociological imagination."