1. The Sociological Imagination by Charles Wright Mills
In The Sociological Imagination, Mills discusses this connection in attempt to shed light on the relation between the life of the individual and the history of a society. ... Mills postulates that in order for man to understand how he effects society and visa versa, he must possess the 'sociological imagination.' He writes, "The sociological imagination enables its possessor to understand the larger historical scene in terms of its meaning for the inner life and the external career of a variety of individuals" (Mills, 5). Put differently, the sociological imagination enabl...
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