Radical ambition C. Wright Mills, the left, and American social thought

Introduction: maverick on a motorcycle? The thought and times of C. Wright Mills -- Student ambitions: the education of a social scientist -- What is happening in the world today: Weberian sociology and radical political analysis -- The union of the power and the intellect: the labor movement and bu...

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1. Verfasser: Geary, Daniel (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Berkeley, Calif. u.a. Univ. of California Press 2009
Schriftenreihe:An Ahmanson Foundation book in the humanities
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Zusammenfassung:Introduction: maverick on a motorcycle? The thought and times of C. Wright Mills -- Student ambitions: the education of a social scientist -- What is happening in the world today: Weberian sociology and radical political analysis -- The union of the power and the intellect: the labor movement and bureau-driven social research -- The new little men: 'white collar' -- The politics of truth: 'the power elite' and 'the sociological imagination' -- Worldly amibitions: the emergence of a global new left -- Epilogue: the legacy of C. Wright Mills.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-262) and index
"An Ahmanson Foundation book in the humanities"--Jacket flap
Beschreibung:XI, 277 S.
24 cm
ISBN:9780520258365
978-0-520-25836-5