The New Sociology: Essays In Social Science And Social Theory In Honor Of C. Wright Mills
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At the crossroads of intellectual rebellion and academic rigor, The New Sociology stands as a landmark tribute to one of the twentieth century's most provocative and consequential social thinkers, C. Wright Mills. Edited by Irving Louis Horowitz, this essential anthology assembles an impressive roster of leading scholars whose essays collectively challenge the dominant orthodoxies of mid-century social science, arguing for a more critical, humanistic, and politically engaged approach to understanding society. The contributors dissect the structures of power, inequality, and ideology that Mills himself so memorably anatomized in works like The Power Elite and The Sociological Imagination. The volume captures a pivotal moment when American sociology was tearing itself away from sterile empiricism and abstract theorizing, reaching instead toward a discipline capable of genuine social criticism and transformative insight. Horowitz curates these voices with an editor's precision, weaving together a tapestry of debate that is as historically significant as it is intellectually stimulating. For scholars, students, and anyone drawn to the great questions of how power shapes human life, this collection remains an indispensable document — one that asks whether sociology can, and must, speak truth to power.
Author: Irving Louis Horowitz
Format: Paperback
Published: 1964, Oxford University Press
Genre: Anthology
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
At the crossroads of intellectual rebellion and academic rigor, The New Sociology stands as a landmark tribute to one of the twentieth century's most provocative and consequential social thinkers, C. Wright Mills. Edited by Irving Louis Horowitz, this essential anthology assembles an impressive roster of leading scholars whose essays collectively challenge the dominant orthodoxies of mid-century social science, arguing for a more critical, humanistic, and politically engaged approach to understanding society. The contributors dissect the structures of power, inequality, and ideology that Mills himself so memorably anatomized in works like The Power Elite and The Sociological Imagination. The volume captures a pivotal moment when American sociology was tearing itself away from sterile empiricism and abstract theorizing, reaching instead toward a discipline capable of genuine social criticism and transformative insight. Horowitz curates these voices with an editor's precision, weaving together a tapestry of debate that is as historically significant as it is intellectually stimulating. For scholars, students, and anyone drawn to the great questions of how power shapes human life, this collection remains an indispensable document — one that asks whether sociology can, and must, speak truth to power.