1. The Sociological Imagination by Charles Wright Mills
Mills begins by stating that people nowadays view their lives as revolving exclusively around their own personal experiences; the common man is unaware of how the public issues present in society bear on the individual's biography. ... Mills writes, "They do not possess the quality of mind essential to grasp the interplay of individuals and society, of biography and history, of self and world. ... Mills asserts that the promise of the social imagination is to allow mankind to understand the link between history and biography, and how the two are connected in society. ... He writes, "We ha...
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate