Index
The Emerald Guide to C. Wright Mills
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Treviño, A.J. (2021), "Index", The Emerald Guide to C. Wright Mills (Emerald Guides to Social Thought), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 171-177. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80071-541-720211011
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INDEX
Abstracted empiricism, 21, 128, 153
American business elite, 63–64
American intellectuals, 104–105, 110
American Journal of Sociology
, 19, 30
American Sociological Review
, 19, 30, 40, 64, 153
American sociology, 1, 123
Anomie, 70–71, 135–136
Behemoth (Neumann), 47–48
Belongingness, 70–71
Big industry, 47–48
Blind spots, 144–147
Bottom levels of power, 94–95
British Journal of Sociology
, 99
Brown v. Board of Education
, 144–145
Bureau of Applied Social Research (BASR), 21, 51, 71–72
Labour Research Division, 63
research project, 52–53
Bureaucracy, psychological aspects of, 42–43
C. Wright Mills: Letters and Autobiographical Writings
, 141–142, 149
Causes of World War Three, The
, 4–5, 7, 12, 42–44, 101, 107–110, 142
Character, 79–81
structure, 36–37
traits, 38–39
Character and Social Structure (Gerth and Mills), 12, 19–20, 35–36, 44, 54
Cheerful robots, 75–77
Chicago pragmatist approach, 29
Class, 40
Classic sociology, 125
Coercion, 41
Coincidence, 41
Cold war liberalism, 104
Communists, 57
Comparative Sociology
, 141–142
Competitive personality, 65
Conscience, 131
Contacting the Enemy: Tovarich
, 110, 141–142
Convergence, 41
Coordination, 41
Corporate capitalism, 54
Corporate elite, 90
Corporate rich, 91
Correspondence, 41
Craft, 26, 28, 134
Craftsmanship, 7–8
Criticism, 97–99
Cuban experience, 29
Cuban Revolution, 116, 121, 142–143
Cultural apparatus, 33
Cultural Apparatus, The
, 102, 141–142
Culture of politics, 102–104
De-Salinisation campaign, 112
Decisions, 88
Democratic socialism, 48
Disillusionment, 60–62
Dissent
, 87, 98–99, 108–109
Economic order, 37
Economy and Society (Weber), 34–35
Education, 37–38
Ethic of responsibility, 33–34
Ethnicity, 144
Exclusive universities, 95–96
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 119–120
File, 134
Fourth Epoch, 132
From Max Weber: Essays in Sociology
, 2–3, 19–20, 34–35
Generalised other, 38–39
German monopoly capitalism, 47–48
Global superpower, 88–89
Grand theory, 130–131
Great Sociologists and Classic Sociology
, 135
Guild socialism, 59
Holiday resorts, 95–96
House of Labor, The (Hardman et al), 51–52
Howl (Ginsberg), 142–143
Humanist vision, 5–7
Ideological analysis, 33
Ideological flags, 23–24
Ideology and Utopia (Mannheim), 19–20
Images of Man: The Classic Tradition in Sociological Thinking
, 135
Immorality, higher, 95–97
Industry-armed forces-State Department axis, 58
Influential work, 142–143
Inner-directed people, 68
Institution, 36–38, 41–42
Institutional conception, 87–88
Institutional order, 36–37, 40–42
Institutional sexism, 147
Intellectual craftsmanship, 26, 133–134
Intellectual forum, 60
Inter-Union Institute for Labour and Democracy (IUI), 51–52
Interlocking power, 47–49
relations, 49
Introduction to the Science of Sociology (Park and Burgess), 17–18
Iron law of oligarchy (Michels), 45–46
Job–conscious theory of unionism, 49–50
Kinship order, 37
Labor and Nation
, 51–53, 65–66
Labour leaders, 49–53
Labour organisations, 49–53
Language, 38
Learned professionals, 31
Legacy, 147–150
Leisure class, 7–8
Les Temps Modernes
, 4
‘Letter to the New Left’, 114–115, 144–145
Liberal centre, 57
Liberal obfuscators, 117
Listen Yankee: The Revolution in Cuba
, 4–5, 7, 12, 27–28, 101, 118, 142
Listener, The
, 102
Logical thought, 30
London School of Economics (LSE), 102
Lonely Crowd, The (Riesman et al), 67–68, 71, 142–143
Look Back in Anger (Osborne), 3–4
Lucky Jim (Amis), 3–4
Macroscopic sociology, 123–125
Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, The (Wilson), 67
Managerial demiurge, 77–78
Marx’s model, 139–140
Marxians:Thinkers and Politicians, The
, 137
Marxisms, 137–140
Marxists, The
, 2–3, 43, 110–111, 138–139
Mass society, 10–11
middle classes of, 66–71
Men of power, 53–55
Middle classes of mass society, 66–71
Middle levels of power, 94–95
Militarisation, 92
Military, 47–48
metaphysics, 93
order, 37
Mills, C. Wright, 1, 15
academic career, 20–23
craft, style, and design, 26–28
critical approach, 2–5
family background and early life, 15–17
humanist vision, 5–7
intellectual influences, 7–10
interpersonal relationships, 23–25
mentors, 17–20
political views, 25–26
post-modern era and mass society, 10–11
Mind, 131
Missteps, 144–147
Molecular sociology, 123–125
Nation, The
, 106–107
National Security Council, 89–90
Nazi economy, 47–48
Nazi party, 47–48
Negro problem, 17
Neo-Machiavellian scholars, 10
New Leader
, 5, 17, 48
New Left Review
, 25–26, 114–115
New Men of Power, The
, 12, 22, 41, 43, 45–47, 51, 53–54, 60–62, 85, 92–93
New Republic
, 50
New York intellectuals, 24
New York Times, Esquire, Harper’s Magazine, and Saturday Review
, 5
New York Times Magazine
, 85–86
Nonsectarian labour party, 60
Occupation, 40
Occupational shift, 73–75
On Observing the Russians
, 110–111, 137–138, 141–142
Optimism, 113–114
Organised labour, 47
disillusionment, 60–62
interlocking power and political economy, 47–49
labour leaders and labour organisations, 49–53
main drift, 55–59
men of power, 53–55
radical programmes, 59–60
Organization Man, The (Whyte), 69–71
Other-directed people, 69
‘Our Country and Our Culture’ theme, 104
Pageant
, 86
Parsons’s general theory, 128–129
Partisan Review
, 47–48, 65, 104, 106–107
Peace, 104–108
Person, 36–38
Personality, 79–81
Photography, 27–28
Plain marxists, 138–139
Political economy, 47–49
Political elite, 89–90
Political order, 37
Politicalisation, 92
Politics
of culture, 102–104
of responsibility, 33–34
Politics
, 33–35
Port Huron Statement, The
, 143
Post-war
political scene, 58–59
social analysis, 67–68
Power, 40
relationships, 102–103
Power Elite, The
, 4, 12, 41–43, 45–47, 85–88, 93, 97–99, 142
Pragmatism, 29
Pragmatist tradition, 29–31
Professional ideology, 33
Programmatic radical politics, 154
Pro–labour intellectuals, 49–50
Protestant work ethic, 80–81
Psychic structure, 36–37
Psychological affinities, 96
Public schools, 95–96
Puerto Rican Journey, The
, 17, 22, 144
Pursuit of Loneliness, The (Slater), 142–143
Quality of mind, 125–133
Race, 144
Radical programmes, 59–60
Realpolitik
, 33–34
Relativism in knowledge, 31
Religious order, 37
Revolución
, 116
Saturday Review
, 124
Scientism, 70–71
Second Sex, The (de Beauvoir), 146
Self-image, 131
Significant others, 38–39
Smaller War Plants study, 71–72
Social affinities, 96
Social clubs, 95–96
Social criticism, 154
Social ethic, 70
Social pathologists, 32
Social pathology, 32
Social psychology, 8
Social roles, 131
Social sciences, 29–30
Social scientific analysis, 154
Social structure, 41–42
Socialist realism, 111
Sociological imagination, 2–3, 12, 126
Sociological Imagination, The
, 4–5, 42–43, 123, 149
classic tradition, 135–136
intellectual craftsmanship, 133–134
macroscopic, molecular and third camp sociology, 123–125
marxisms, 137–140
quality of mind, 125–133
Sociological poetry, 5
Sociological psychology, 35–44
Sociology, 5–6, 131
doctoral programme in, 19
of knowledge, 32–35
Sociology and Pragmatism: The Higher Learning in America
, 31
Sophisticated conservatives, 58
Sophisticated marxists, 138–139
Soviet intellectuals, 108, 113–114
Soviet intelligentsia, 110–111
Soviet Union, 2–3
Spheres, 37–38
State, 47–48
State in Capitalist Society, The (Miliband), 25–26
Status, 40
Strata, 41
Stratification trilogy, 41, 45–46
Structural racism, 147
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), 143
Symbolic interactionism, 35
Tally’s Corner (Liebow), 142–143
Technology, 37–38
Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College (A&M), 17–18
Theory of Balance, The, 98–99
Third camp sociology, 123–125
Tradition-directed people, 68
Tributes, 147–150
Unfinished work, 141–142
Unilateral strategies, 106–107
University of Maryland, 21–23
University of Texas, 29
University of Wisconsin, 19, 31
US Supreme Court, 150–151
USSR of missiles in Cuba, 150
Vocabularies of motive, 30–31, 40
War, 104–108
Weber’s political and comparative sociology, 19–20
Weberian approach, 71
Weberian–Meadian approach, 35
White Collar
, 4, 12, 22, 24, 27–28, 41–43, 45–47, 63, 71, 73–75, 85
audiences, 81–83
strata, 64
Women’s premarital virginity, 145–146
Working model, 134
Zoot Suit Riots, 144
Abstracted empiricism
, 21, 128, 153
American business elite
, 63–64
American intellectuals
, 104–105, 110
American Journal of Sociology
, 19, 30
American Sociological Review
, 19, 30, 40, 64, 153
American sociology
, 1, 123
Anomie
, 70–71, 135–136
Behemoth (Neumann)
, 47–48
Belongingness
, 70–71
Big industry
, 47–48
Blind spots
, 144–147
Bottom levels of power
, 94–95
British Journal of Sociology
, 99
Brown v. Board of Education
, 144–145
Bureau of Applied Social Research (BASR)
, 21, 51, 71–72
Labour Research Division
, 63
research project
, 52–53
Bureaucracy, psychological aspects of
, 42–43
C. Wright Mills: Letters and Autobiographical Writings
, 141–142, 149
Causes of World War Three, The
, 4–5, 7, 12, 42–44, 101, 107–110, 142
Character, 79–81
structure, 36–37
traits, 38–39
Character and Social Structure (Gerth and Mills), 12, 19–20, 35–36, 44, 54
Cheerful robots, 75–77
Chicago pragmatist approach, 29
Class, 40
Classic sociology, 125
Coercion, 41
Coincidence, 41
Cold war liberalism, 104
Communists, 57
Comparative Sociology
, 141–142
Competitive personality, 65
Conscience, 131
Contacting the Enemy: Tovarich
, 110, 141–142
Convergence, 41
Coordination, 41
Corporate capitalism, 54
Corporate elite, 90
Corporate rich, 91
Correspondence, 41
Craft, 26, 28, 134
Craftsmanship, 7–8
Criticism, 97–99
Cuban experience, 29
Cuban Revolution, 116, 121, 142–143
Cultural apparatus, 33
Cultural Apparatus, The
, 102, 141–142
Culture of politics, 102–104
De-Salinisation campaign, 112
Decisions, 88
Democratic socialism, 48
Disillusionment, 60–62
Dissent
, 87, 98–99, 108–109
Economic order, 37
Economy and Society (Weber), 34–35
Education, 37–38
Ethic of responsibility, 33–34
Ethnicity, 144
Exclusive universities, 95–96
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 119–120
File, 134
Fourth Epoch, 132
From Max Weber: Essays in Sociology
, 2–3, 19–20, 34–35
Generalised other, 38–39
German monopoly capitalism, 47–48
Global superpower, 88–89
Grand theory, 130–131
Great Sociologists and Classic Sociology
, 135
Guild socialism, 59
Holiday resorts, 95–96
House of Labor, The (Hardman et al), 51–52
Howl (Ginsberg), 142–143
Humanist vision, 5–7
Ideological analysis, 33
Ideological flags, 23–24
Ideology and Utopia (Mannheim), 19–20
Images of Man: The Classic Tradition in Sociological Thinking
, 135
Immorality, higher, 95–97
Industry-armed forces-State Department axis, 58
Influential work, 142–143
Inner-directed people, 68
Institution, 36–38, 41–42
Institutional conception, 87–88
Institutional order, 36–37, 40–42
Institutional sexism, 147
Intellectual craftsmanship, 26, 133–134
Intellectual forum, 60
Inter-Union Institute for Labour and Democracy (IUI), 51–52
Interlocking power, 47–49
relations, 49
Introduction to the Science of Sociology (Park and Burgess), 17–18
Iron law of oligarchy (Michels), 45–46
Job–conscious theory of unionism, 49–50
Kinship order, 37
Labor and Nation
, 51–53, 65–66
Labour leaders, 49–53
Labour organisations, 49–53
Language, 38
Learned professionals, 31
Legacy, 147–150
Leisure class, 7–8
Les Temps Modernes
, 4
‘Letter to the New Left’, 114–115, 144–145
Liberal centre, 57
Liberal obfuscators, 117
Listen Yankee: The Revolution in Cuba
, 4–5, 7, 12, 27–28, 101, 118, 142
Listener, The
, 102
Logical thought, 30
London School of Economics (LSE), 102
Lonely Crowd, The (Riesman et al), 67–68, 71, 142–143
Look Back in Anger (Osborne), 3–4
Lucky Jim (Amis), 3–4
Macroscopic sociology, 123–125
Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, The (Wilson), 67
Managerial demiurge, 77–78
Marx’s model, 139–140
Marxians:Thinkers and Politicians, The
, 137
Marxisms, 137–140
Marxists, The
, 2–3, 43, 110–111, 138–139
Mass society, 10–11
middle classes of, 66–71
Men of power, 53–55
Middle classes of mass society, 66–71
Middle levels of power, 94–95
Militarisation, 92
Military, 47–48
metaphysics, 93
order, 37
Mills, C. Wright, 1, 15
academic career, 20–23
craft, style, and design, 26–28
critical approach, 2–5
family background and early life, 15–17
humanist vision, 5–7
intellectual influences, 7–10
interpersonal relationships, 23–25
mentors, 17–20
political views, 25–26
post-modern era and mass society, 10–11
Mind, 131
Missteps, 144–147
Molecular sociology, 123–125
Nation, The
, 106–107
National Security Council, 89–90
Nazi economy, 47–48
Nazi party, 47–48
Negro problem, 17
Neo-Machiavellian scholars, 10
New Leader
, 5, 17, 48
New Left Review
, 25–26, 114–115
New Men of Power, The
, 12, 22, 41, 43, 45–47, 51, 53–54, 60–62, 85, 92–93
New Republic
, 50
New York intellectuals, 24
New York Times, Esquire, Harper’s Magazine, and Saturday Review
, 5
New York Times Magazine
, 85–86
Nonsectarian labour party, 60
Occupation, 40
Occupational shift, 73–75
On Observing the Russians
, 110–111, 137–138, 141–142
Optimism, 113–114
Organised labour, 47
disillusionment, 60–62
interlocking power and political economy, 47–49
labour leaders and labour organisations, 49–53
main drift, 55–59
men of power, 53–55
radical programmes, 59–60
Organization Man, The (Whyte), 69–71
Other-directed people, 69
‘Our Country and Our Culture’ theme, 104
Pageant
, 86
Parsons’s general theory, 128–129
Partisan Review
, 47–48, 65, 104, 106–107
Peace, 104–108
Person, 36–38
Personality, 79–81
Photography, 27–28
Plain marxists, 138–139
Political economy, 47–49
Political elite, 89–90
Political order, 37
Politicalisation, 92
Politics
of culture, 102–104
of responsibility, 33–34
Politics
, 33–35
Port Huron Statement, The
, 143
Post-war
political scene, 58–59
social analysis, 67–68
Power, 40
relationships, 102–103
Power Elite, The
, 4, 12, 41–43, 45–47, 85–88, 93, 97–99, 142
Pragmatism, 29
Pragmatist tradition, 29–31
Professional ideology, 33
Programmatic radical politics, 154
Pro–labour intellectuals, 49–50
Protestant work ethic, 80–81
Psychic structure, 36–37
Psychological affinities, 96
Public schools, 95–96
Puerto Rican Journey, The
, 17, 22, 144
Pursuit of Loneliness, The (Slater), 142–143
Quality of mind, 125–133
Race, 144
Radical programmes, 59–60
Realpolitik
, 33–34
Relativism in knowledge, 31
Religious order, 37
Revolución
, 116
Saturday Review
, 124
Scientism, 70–71
Second Sex, The (de Beauvoir), 146
Self-image, 131
Significant others, 38–39
Smaller War Plants study, 71–72
Social affinities, 96
Social clubs, 95–96
Social criticism, 154
Social ethic, 70
Social pathologists, 32
Social pathology, 32
Social psychology, 8
Social roles, 131
Social sciences, 29–30
Social scientific analysis, 154
Social structure, 41–42
Socialist realism, 111
Sociological imagination, 2–3, 12, 126
Sociological Imagination, The
, 4–5, 42–43, 123, 149
classic tradition, 135–136
intellectual craftsmanship, 133–134
macroscopic, molecular and third camp sociology, 123–125
marxisms, 137–140
quality of mind, 125–133
Sociological poetry, 5
Sociological psychology, 35–44
Sociology, 5–6, 131
doctoral programme in, 19
of knowledge, 32–35
Sociology and Pragmatism: The Higher Learning in America
, 31
Sophisticated conservatives, 58
Sophisticated marxists, 138–139
Soviet intellectuals, 108, 113–114
Soviet intelligentsia, 110–111
Soviet Union, 2–3
Spheres, 37–38
State, 47–48
State in Capitalist Society, The (Miliband), 25–26
Status, 40
Strata, 41
Stratification trilogy, 41, 45–46
Structural racism, 147
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), 143
Symbolic interactionism, 35
Tally’s Corner (Liebow), 142–143
Technology, 37–38
Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College (A&M), 17–18
Theory of Balance, The, 98–99
Third camp sociology, 123–125
Tradition-directed people, 68
Tributes, 147–150
Unfinished work, 141–142
Unilateral strategies, 106–107
University of Maryland, 21–23
University of Texas, 29
University of Wisconsin, 19, 31
US Supreme Court, 150–151
USSR of missiles in Cuba, 150
Vocabularies of motive, 30–31, 40
War, 104–108
Weber’s political and comparative sociology, 19–20
Weberian approach, 71
Weberian–Meadian approach, 35
White Collar
, 4, 12, 22, 24, 27–28, 41–43, 45–47, 63, 71, 73–75, 85
audiences, 81–83
strata, 64
Women’s premarital virginity, 145–146
Working model, 134
Zoot Suit Riots, 144
C. Wright Mills: Letters and Autobiographical Writings
, 141–142, 149
Causes of World War Three, The
, 4–5, 7, 12, 42–44, 101, 107–110, 142
Character
, 79–81
structure
, 36–37
traits
, 38–39
Character and Social Structure (Gerth and Mills)
, 12, 19–20, 35–36, 44, 54
Cheerful robots
, 75–77
Chicago pragmatist approach
, 29
Class
, 40
Classic sociology
, 125
Coercion
, 41
Coincidence
, 41
Cold war liberalism
, 104
Communists
, 57
Comparative Sociology
, 141–142
Competitive personality
, 65
Conscience
, 131
Contacting the Enemy: Tovarich
, 110, 141–142
Convergence
, 41
Coordination
, 41
Corporate capitalism
, 54
Corporate elite
, 90
Corporate rich
, 91
Correspondence
, 41
Craft
, 26, 28, 134
Craftsmanship
, 7–8
Criticism
, 97–99
Cuban experience
, 29
Cuban Revolution
, 116, 121, 142–143
Cultural apparatus
, 33
Cultural Apparatus, The
, 102, 141–142
Culture of politics
, 102–104
De-Salinisation campaign
, 112
Decisions
, 88
Democratic socialism
, 48
Disillusionment
, 60–62
Dissent
, 87, 98–99, 108–109
Economic order, 37
Economy and Society (Weber), 34–35
Education, 37–38
Ethic of responsibility, 33–34
Ethnicity, 144
Exclusive universities, 95–96
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 119–120
File, 134
Fourth Epoch, 132
From Max Weber: Essays in Sociology
, 2–3, 19–20, 34–35
Generalised other, 38–39
German monopoly capitalism, 47–48
Global superpower, 88–89
Grand theory, 130–131
Great Sociologists and Classic Sociology
, 135
Guild socialism, 59
Holiday resorts, 95–96
House of Labor, The (Hardman et al), 51–52
Howl (Ginsberg), 142–143
Humanist vision, 5–7
Ideological analysis, 33
Ideological flags, 23–24
Ideology and Utopia (Mannheim), 19–20
Images of Man: The Classic Tradition in Sociological Thinking
, 135
Immorality, higher, 95–97
Industry-armed forces-State Department axis, 58
Influential work, 142–143
Inner-directed people, 68
Institution, 36–38, 41–42
Institutional conception, 87–88
Institutional order, 36–37, 40–42
Institutional sexism, 147
Intellectual craftsmanship, 26, 133–134
Intellectual forum, 60
Inter-Union Institute for Labour and Democracy (IUI), 51–52
Interlocking power, 47–49
relations, 49
Introduction to the Science of Sociology (Park and Burgess), 17–18
Iron law of oligarchy (Michels), 45–46
Job–conscious theory of unionism, 49–50
Kinship order, 37
Labor and Nation
, 51–53, 65–66
Labour leaders, 49–53
Labour organisations, 49–53
Language, 38
Learned professionals, 31
Legacy, 147–150
Leisure class, 7–8
Les Temps Modernes
, 4
‘Letter to the New Left’, 114–115, 144–145
Liberal centre, 57
Liberal obfuscators, 117
Listen Yankee: The Revolution in Cuba
, 4–5, 7, 12, 27–28, 101, 118, 142
Listener, The
, 102
Logical thought, 30
London School of Economics (LSE), 102
Lonely Crowd, The (Riesman et al), 67–68, 71, 142–143
Look Back in Anger (Osborne), 3–4
Lucky Jim (Amis), 3–4
Macroscopic sociology, 123–125
Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, The (Wilson), 67
Managerial demiurge, 77–78
Marx’s model, 139–140
Marxians:Thinkers and Politicians, The
, 137
Marxisms, 137–140
Marxists, The
, 2–3, 43, 110–111, 138–139
Mass society, 10–11
middle classes of, 66–71
Men of power, 53–55
Middle classes of mass society, 66–71
Middle levels of power, 94–95
Militarisation, 92
Military, 47–48
metaphysics, 93
order, 37
Mills, C. Wright, 1, 15
academic career, 20–23
craft, style, and design, 26–28
critical approach, 2–5
family background and early life, 15–17
humanist vision, 5–7
intellectual influences, 7–10
interpersonal relationships, 23–25
mentors, 17–20
political views, 25–26
post-modern era and mass society, 10–11
Mind, 131
Missteps, 144–147
Molecular sociology, 123–125
Nation, The
, 106–107
National Security Council, 89–90
Nazi economy, 47–48
Nazi party, 47–48
Negro problem, 17
Neo-Machiavellian scholars, 10
New Leader
, 5, 17, 48
New Left Review
, 25–26, 114–115
New Men of Power, The
, 12, 22, 41, 43, 45–47, 51, 53–54, 60–62, 85, 92–93
New Republic
, 50
New York intellectuals, 24
New York Times, Esquire, Harper’s Magazine, and Saturday Review
, 5
New York Times Magazine
, 85–86
Nonsectarian labour party, 60
Occupation, 40
Occupational shift, 73–75
On Observing the Russians
, 110–111, 137–138, 141–142
Optimism, 113–114
Organised labour, 47
disillusionment, 60–62
interlocking power and political economy, 47–49
labour leaders and labour organisations, 49–53
main drift, 55–59
men of power, 53–55
radical programmes, 59–60
Organization Man, The (Whyte), 69–71
Other-directed people, 69
‘Our Country and Our Culture’ theme, 104
Pageant
, 86
Parsons’s general theory, 128–129
Partisan Review
, 47–48, 65, 104, 106–107
Peace, 104–108
Person, 36–38
Personality, 79–81
Photography, 27–28
Plain marxists, 138–139
Political economy, 47–49
Political elite, 89–90
Political order, 37
Politicalisation, 92
Politics
of culture, 102–104
of responsibility, 33–34
Politics
, 33–35
Port Huron Statement, The
, 143
Post-war
political scene, 58–59
social analysis, 67–68
Power, 40
relationships, 102–103
Power Elite, The
, 4, 12, 41–43, 45–47, 85–88, 93, 97–99, 142
Pragmatism, 29
Pragmatist tradition, 29–31
Professional ideology, 33
Programmatic radical politics, 154
Pro–labour intellectuals, 49–50
Protestant work ethic, 80–81
Psychic structure, 36–37
Psychological affinities, 96
Public schools, 95–96
Puerto Rican Journey, The
, 17, 22, 144
Pursuit of Loneliness, The (Slater), 142–143
Quality of mind, 125–133
Race, 144
Radical programmes, 59–60
Realpolitik
, 33–34
Relativism in knowledge, 31
Religious order, 37
Revolución
, 116
Saturday Review
, 124
Scientism, 70–71
Second Sex, The (de Beauvoir), 146
Self-image, 131
Significant others, 38–39
Smaller War Plants study, 71–72
Social affinities, 96
Social clubs, 95–96
Social criticism, 154
Social ethic, 70
Social pathologists, 32
Social pathology, 32
Social psychology, 8
Social roles, 131
Social sciences, 29–30
Social scientific analysis, 154
Social structure, 41–42
Socialist realism, 111
Sociological imagination, 2–3, 12, 126
Sociological Imagination, The
, 4–5, 42–43, 123, 149
classic tradition, 135–136
intellectual craftsmanship, 133–134
macroscopic, molecular and third camp sociology, 123–125
marxisms, 137–140
quality of mind, 125–133
Sociological poetry, 5
Sociological psychology, 35–44
Sociology, 5–6, 131
doctoral programme in, 19
of knowledge, 32–35
Sociology and Pragmatism: The Higher Learning in America
, 31
Sophisticated conservatives, 58
Sophisticated marxists, 138–139
Soviet intellectuals, 108, 113–114
Soviet intelligentsia, 110–111
Soviet Union, 2–3
Spheres, 37–38
State, 47–48
State in Capitalist Society, The (Miliband), 25–26
Status, 40
Strata, 41
Stratification trilogy, 41, 45–46
Structural racism, 147
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), 143
Symbolic interactionism, 35
Tally’s Corner (Liebow), 142–143
Technology, 37–38
Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College (A&M), 17–18
Theory of Balance, The, 98–99
Third camp sociology, 123–125
Tradition-directed people, 68
Tributes, 147–150
Unfinished work, 141–142
Unilateral strategies, 106–107
University of Maryland, 21–23
University of Texas, 29
University of Wisconsin, 19, 31
US Supreme Court, 150–151
USSR of missiles in Cuba, 150
Vocabularies of motive, 30–31, 40
War, 104–108
Weber’s political and comparative sociology, 19–20
Weberian approach, 71
Weberian–Meadian approach, 35
White Collar
, 4, 12, 22, 24, 27–28, 41–43, 45–47, 63, 71, 73–75, 85
audiences, 81–83
strata, 64
Women’s premarital virginity, 145–146
Working model, 134
Zoot Suit Riots, 144
Economic order
, 37
Economy and Society (Weber)
, 34–35
Education
, 37–38
Ethic of responsibility
, 33–34
Ethnicity
, 144
Exclusive universities
, 95–96
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
, 119–120
File
, 134
Fourth Epoch
, 132
From Max Weber: Essays in Sociology
, 2–3, 19–20, 34–35
Generalised other, 38–39
German monopoly capitalism, 47–48
Global superpower, 88–89
Grand theory, 130–131
Great Sociologists and Classic Sociology
, 135
Guild socialism, 59
Holiday resorts, 95–96
House of Labor, The (Hardman et al), 51–52
Howl (Ginsberg), 142–143
Humanist vision, 5–7
Ideological analysis, 33
Ideological flags, 23–24
Ideology and Utopia (Mannheim), 19–20
Images of Man: The Classic Tradition in Sociological Thinking
, 135
Immorality, higher, 95–97
Industry-armed forces-State Department axis, 58
Influential work, 142–143
Inner-directed people, 68
Institution, 36–38, 41–42
Institutional conception, 87–88
Institutional order, 36–37, 40–42
Institutional sexism, 147
Intellectual craftsmanship, 26, 133–134
Intellectual forum, 60
Inter-Union Institute for Labour and Democracy (IUI), 51–52
Interlocking power, 47–49
relations, 49
Introduction to the Science of Sociology (Park and Burgess), 17–18
Iron law of oligarchy (Michels), 45–46
Job–conscious theory of unionism, 49–50
Kinship order, 37
Labor and Nation
, 51–53, 65–66
Labour leaders, 49–53
Labour organisations, 49–53
Language, 38
Learned professionals, 31
Legacy, 147–150
Leisure class, 7–8
Les Temps Modernes
, 4
‘Letter to the New Left’, 114–115, 144–145
Liberal centre, 57
Liberal obfuscators, 117
Listen Yankee: The Revolution in Cuba
, 4–5, 7, 12, 27–28, 101, 118, 142
Listener, The
, 102
Logical thought, 30
London School of Economics (LSE), 102
Lonely Crowd, The (Riesman et al), 67–68, 71, 142–143
Look Back in Anger (Osborne), 3–4
Lucky Jim (Amis), 3–4
Macroscopic sociology, 123–125
Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, The (Wilson), 67
Managerial demiurge, 77–78
Marx’s model, 139–140
Marxians:Thinkers and Politicians, The
, 137
Marxisms, 137–140
Marxists, The
, 2–3, 43, 110–111, 138–139
Mass society, 10–11
middle classes of, 66–71
Men of power, 53–55
Middle classes of mass society, 66–71
Middle levels of power, 94–95
Militarisation, 92
Military, 47–48
metaphysics, 93
order, 37
Mills, C. Wright, 1, 15
academic career, 20–23
craft, style, and design, 26–28
critical approach, 2–5
family background and early life, 15–17
humanist vision, 5–7
intellectual influences, 7–10
interpersonal relationships, 23–25
mentors, 17–20
political views, 25–26
post-modern era and mass society, 10–11
Mind, 131
Missteps, 144–147
Molecular sociology, 123–125
Nation, The
, 106–107
National Security Council, 89–90
Nazi economy, 47–48
Nazi party, 47–48
Negro problem, 17
Neo-Machiavellian scholars, 10
New Leader
, 5, 17, 48
New Left Review
, 25–26, 114–115
New Men of Power, The
, 12, 22, 41, 43, 45–47, 51, 53–54, 60–62, 85, 92–93
New Republic
, 50
New York intellectuals, 24
New York Times, Esquire, Harper’s Magazine, and Saturday Review
, 5
New York Times Magazine
, 85–86
Nonsectarian labour party, 60
Occupation, 40
Occupational shift, 73–75
On Observing the Russians
, 110–111, 137–138, 141–142
Optimism, 113–114
Organised labour, 47
disillusionment, 60–62
interlocking power and political economy, 47–49
labour leaders and labour organisations, 49–53
main drift, 55–59
men of power, 53–55
radical programmes, 59–60
Organization Man, The (Whyte), 69–71
Other-directed people, 69
‘Our Country and Our Culture’ theme, 104
Pageant
, 86
Parsons’s general theory, 128–129
Partisan Review
, 47–48, 65, 104, 106–107
Peace, 104–108
Person, 36–38
Personality, 79–81
Photography, 27–28
Plain marxists, 138–139
Political economy, 47–49
Political elite, 89–90
Political order, 37
Politicalisation, 92
Politics
of culture, 102–104
of responsibility, 33–34
Politics
, 33–35
Port Huron Statement, The
, 143
Post-war
political scene, 58–59
social analysis, 67–68
Power, 40
relationships, 102–103
Power Elite, The
, 4, 12, 41–43, 45–47, 85–88, 93, 97–99, 142
Pragmatism, 29
Pragmatist tradition, 29–31
Professional ideology, 33
Programmatic radical politics, 154
Pro–labour intellectuals, 49–50
Protestant work ethic, 80–81
Psychic structure, 36–37
Psychological affinities, 96
Public schools, 95–96
Puerto Rican Journey, The
, 17, 22, 144
Pursuit of Loneliness, The (Slater), 142–143
Quality of mind, 125–133
Race, 144
Radical programmes, 59–60
Realpolitik
, 33–34
Relativism in knowledge, 31
Religious order, 37
Revolución
, 116
Saturday Review
, 124
Scientism, 70–71
Second Sex, The (de Beauvoir), 146
Self-image, 131
Significant others, 38–39
Smaller War Plants study, 71–72
Social affinities, 96
Social clubs, 95–96
Social criticism, 154
Social ethic, 70
Social pathologists, 32
Social pathology, 32
Social psychology, 8
Social roles, 131
Social sciences, 29–30
Social scientific analysis, 154
Social structure, 41–42
Socialist realism, 111
Sociological imagination, 2–3, 12, 126
Sociological Imagination, The
, 4–5, 42–43, 123, 149
classic tradition, 135–136
intellectual craftsmanship, 133–134
macroscopic, molecular and third camp sociology, 123–125
marxisms, 137–140
quality of mind, 125–133
Sociological poetry, 5
Sociological psychology, 35–44
Sociology, 5–6, 131
doctoral programme in, 19
of knowledge, 32–35
Sociology and Pragmatism: The Higher Learning in America
, 31
Sophisticated conservatives, 58
Sophisticated marxists, 138–139
Soviet intellectuals, 108, 113–114
Soviet intelligentsia, 110–111
Soviet Union, 2–3
Spheres, 37–38
State, 47–48
State in Capitalist Society, The (Miliband), 25–26
Status, 40
Strata, 41
Stratification trilogy, 41, 45–46
Structural racism, 147
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), 143
Symbolic interactionism, 35
Tally’s Corner (Liebow), 142–143
Technology, 37–38
Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College (A&M), 17–18
Theory of Balance, The, 98–99
Third camp sociology, 123–125
Tradition-directed people, 68
Tributes, 147–150
Unfinished work, 141–142
Unilateral strategies, 106–107
University of Maryland, 21–23
University of Texas, 29
University of Wisconsin, 19, 31
US Supreme Court, 150–151
USSR of missiles in Cuba, 150
Vocabularies of motive, 30–31, 40
War, 104–108
Weber’s political and comparative sociology, 19–20
Weberian approach, 71
Weberian–Meadian approach, 35
White Collar
, 4, 12, 22, 24, 27–28, 41–43, 45–47, 63, 71, 73–75, 85
audiences, 81–83
strata, 64
Women’s premarital virginity, 145–146
Working model, 134
Zoot Suit Riots, 144
Generalised other
, 38–39
German monopoly capitalism
, 47–48
Global superpower
, 88–89
Grand theory
, 130–131
Great Sociologists and Classic Sociology
, 135
Guild socialism
, 59
Holiday resorts
, 95–96
House of Labor, The (Hardman et al)
, 51–52
Howl (Ginsberg)
, 142–143
Humanist vision
, 5–7
Ideological analysis, 33
Ideological flags, 23–24
Ideology and Utopia (Mannheim), 19–20
Images of Man: The Classic Tradition in Sociological Thinking
, 135
Immorality, higher, 95–97
Industry-armed forces-State Department axis, 58
Influential work, 142–143
Inner-directed people, 68
Institution, 36–38, 41–42
Institutional conception, 87–88
Institutional order, 36–37, 40–42
Institutional sexism, 147
Intellectual craftsmanship, 26, 133–134
Intellectual forum, 60
Inter-Union Institute for Labour and Democracy (IUI), 51–52
Interlocking power, 47–49
relations, 49
Introduction to the Science of Sociology (Park and Burgess), 17–18
Iron law of oligarchy (Michels), 45–46
Job–conscious theory of unionism, 49–50
Kinship order, 37
Labor and Nation
, 51–53, 65–66
Labour leaders, 49–53
Labour organisations, 49–53
Language, 38
Learned professionals, 31
Legacy, 147–150
Leisure class, 7–8
Les Temps Modernes
, 4
‘Letter to the New Left’, 114–115, 144–145
Liberal centre, 57
Liberal obfuscators, 117
Listen Yankee: The Revolution in Cuba
, 4–5, 7, 12, 27–28, 101, 118, 142
Listener, The
, 102
Logical thought, 30
London School of Economics (LSE), 102
Lonely Crowd, The (Riesman et al), 67–68, 71, 142–143
Look Back in Anger (Osborne), 3–4
Lucky Jim (Amis), 3–4
Macroscopic sociology, 123–125
Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, The (Wilson), 67
Managerial demiurge, 77–78
Marx’s model, 139–140
Marxians:Thinkers and Politicians, The
, 137
Marxisms, 137–140
Marxists, The
, 2–3, 43, 110–111, 138–139
Mass society, 10–11
middle classes of, 66–71
Men of power, 53–55
Middle classes of mass society, 66–71
Middle levels of power, 94–95
Militarisation, 92
Military, 47–48
metaphysics, 93
order, 37
Mills, C. Wright, 1, 15
academic career, 20–23
craft, style, and design, 26–28
critical approach, 2–5
family background and early life, 15–17
humanist vision, 5–7
intellectual influences, 7–10
interpersonal relationships, 23–25
mentors, 17–20
political views, 25–26
post-modern era and mass society, 10–11
Mind, 131
Missteps, 144–147
Molecular sociology, 123–125
Nation, The
, 106–107
National Security Council, 89–90
Nazi economy, 47–48
Nazi party, 47–48
Negro problem, 17
Neo-Machiavellian scholars, 10
New Leader
, 5, 17, 48
New Left Review
, 25–26, 114–115
New Men of Power, The
, 12, 22, 41, 43, 45–47, 51, 53–54, 60–62, 85, 92–93
New Republic
, 50
New York intellectuals, 24
New York Times, Esquire, Harper’s Magazine, and Saturday Review
, 5
New York Times Magazine
, 85–86
Nonsectarian labour party, 60
Occupation, 40
Occupational shift, 73–75
On Observing the Russians
, 110–111, 137–138, 141–142
Optimism, 113–114
Organised labour, 47
disillusionment, 60–62
interlocking power and political economy, 47–49
labour leaders and labour organisations, 49–53
main drift, 55–59
men of power, 53–55
radical programmes, 59–60
Organization Man, The (Whyte), 69–71
Other-directed people, 69
‘Our Country and Our Culture’ theme, 104
Pageant
, 86
Parsons’s general theory, 128–129
Partisan Review
, 47–48, 65, 104, 106–107
Peace, 104–108
Person, 36–38
Personality, 79–81
Photography, 27–28
Plain marxists, 138–139
Political economy, 47–49
Political elite, 89–90
Political order, 37
Politicalisation, 92
Politics
of culture, 102–104
of responsibility, 33–34
Politics
, 33–35
Port Huron Statement, The
, 143
Post-war
political scene, 58–59
social analysis, 67–68
Power, 40
relationships, 102–103
Power Elite, The
, 4, 12, 41–43, 45–47, 85–88, 93, 97–99, 142
Pragmatism, 29
Pragmatist tradition, 29–31
Professional ideology, 33
Programmatic radical politics, 154
Pro–labour intellectuals, 49–50
Protestant work ethic, 80–81
Psychic structure, 36–37
Psychological affinities, 96
Public schools, 95–96
Puerto Rican Journey, The
, 17, 22, 144
Pursuit of Loneliness, The (Slater), 142–143
Quality of mind, 125–133
Race, 144
Radical programmes, 59–60
Realpolitik
, 33–34
Relativism in knowledge, 31
Religious order, 37
Revolución
, 116
Saturday Review
, 124
Scientism, 70–71
Second Sex, The (de Beauvoir), 146
Self-image, 131
Significant others, 38–39
Smaller War Plants study, 71–72
Social affinities, 96
Social clubs, 95–96
Social criticism, 154
Social ethic, 70
Social pathologists, 32
Social pathology, 32
Social psychology, 8
Social roles, 131
Social sciences, 29–30
Social scientific analysis, 154
Social structure, 41–42
Socialist realism, 111
Sociological imagination, 2–3, 12, 126
Sociological Imagination, The
, 4–5, 42–43, 123, 149
classic tradition, 135–136
intellectual craftsmanship, 133–134
macroscopic, molecular and third camp sociology, 123–125
marxisms, 137–140
quality of mind, 125–133
Sociological poetry, 5
Sociological psychology, 35–44
Sociology, 5–6, 131
doctoral programme in, 19
of knowledge, 32–35
Sociology and Pragmatism: The Higher Learning in America
, 31
Sophisticated conservatives, 58
Sophisticated marxists, 138–139
Soviet intellectuals, 108, 113–114
Soviet intelligentsia, 110–111
Soviet Union, 2–3
Spheres, 37–38
State, 47–48
State in Capitalist Society, The (Miliband), 25–26
Status, 40
Strata, 41
Stratification trilogy, 41, 45–46
Structural racism, 147
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), 143
Symbolic interactionism, 35
Tally’s Corner (Liebow), 142–143
Technology, 37–38
Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College (A&M), 17–18
Theory of Balance, The, 98–99
Third camp sociology, 123–125
Tradition-directed people, 68
Tributes, 147–150
Unfinished work, 141–142
Unilateral strategies, 106–107
University of Maryland, 21–23
University of Texas, 29
University of Wisconsin, 19, 31
US Supreme Court, 150–151
USSR of missiles in Cuba, 150
Vocabularies of motive, 30–31, 40
War, 104–108
Weber’s political and comparative sociology, 19–20
Weberian approach, 71
Weberian–Meadian approach, 35
White Collar
, 4, 12, 22, 24, 27–28, 41–43, 45–47, 63, 71, 73–75, 85
audiences, 81–83
strata, 64
Women’s premarital virginity, 145–146
Working model, 134
Zoot Suit Riots, 144
Ideological analysis
, 33
Ideological flags
, 23–24
Ideology and Utopia (Mannheim)
, 19–20
Images of Man: The Classic Tradition in Sociological Thinking
, 135
Immorality, higher
, 95–97
Industry-armed forces-State Department axis
, 58
Influential work
, 142–143
Inner-directed people
, 68
Institution
, 36–38, 41–42
Institutional conception
, 87–88
Institutional order
, 36–37, 40–42
Institutional sexism
, 147
Intellectual craftsmanship
, 26, 133–134
Intellectual forum
, 60
Inter-Union Institute for Labour and Democracy (IUI)
, 51–52
Interlocking power
, 47–49
relations
, 49
Introduction to the Science of Sociology (Park and Burgess)
, 17–18
Iron law of oligarchy (Michels)
, 45–46
Job–conscious theory of unionism
, 49–50
Kinship order, 37
Labor and Nation
, 51–53, 65–66
Labour leaders, 49–53
Labour organisations, 49–53
Language, 38
Learned professionals, 31
Legacy, 147–150
Leisure class, 7–8
Les Temps Modernes
, 4
‘Letter to the New Left’, 114–115, 144–145
Liberal centre, 57
Liberal obfuscators, 117
Listen Yankee: The Revolution in Cuba
, 4–5, 7, 12, 27–28, 101, 118, 142
Listener, The
, 102
Logical thought, 30
London School of Economics (LSE), 102
Lonely Crowd, The (Riesman et al), 67–68, 71, 142–143
Look Back in Anger (Osborne), 3–4
Lucky Jim (Amis), 3–4
Macroscopic sociology, 123–125
Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, The (Wilson), 67
Managerial demiurge, 77–78
Marx’s model, 139–140
Marxians:Thinkers and Politicians, The
, 137
Marxisms, 137–140
Marxists, The
, 2–3, 43, 110–111, 138–139
Mass society, 10–11
middle classes of, 66–71
Men of power, 53–55
Middle classes of mass society, 66–71
Middle levels of power, 94–95
Militarisation, 92
Military, 47–48
metaphysics, 93
order, 37
Mills, C. Wright, 1, 15
academic career, 20–23
craft, style, and design, 26–28
critical approach, 2–5
family background and early life, 15–17
humanist vision, 5–7
intellectual influences, 7–10
interpersonal relationships, 23–25
mentors, 17–20
political views, 25–26
post-modern era and mass society, 10–11
Mind, 131
Missteps, 144–147
Molecular sociology, 123–125
Nation, The
, 106–107
National Security Council, 89–90
Nazi economy, 47–48
Nazi party, 47–48
Negro problem, 17
Neo-Machiavellian scholars, 10
New Leader
, 5, 17, 48
New Left Review
, 25–26, 114–115
New Men of Power, The
, 12, 22, 41, 43, 45–47, 51, 53–54, 60–62, 85, 92–93
New Republic
, 50
New York intellectuals, 24
New York Times, Esquire, Harper’s Magazine, and Saturday Review
, 5
New York Times Magazine
, 85–86
Nonsectarian labour party, 60
Occupation, 40
Occupational shift, 73–75
On Observing the Russians
, 110–111, 137–138, 141–142
Optimism, 113–114
Organised labour, 47
disillusionment, 60–62
interlocking power and political economy, 47–49
labour leaders and labour organisations, 49–53
main drift, 55–59
men of power, 53–55
radical programmes, 59–60
Organization Man, The (Whyte), 69–71
Other-directed people, 69
‘Our Country and Our Culture’ theme, 104
Pageant
, 86
Parsons’s general theory, 128–129
Partisan Review
, 47–48, 65, 104, 106–107
Peace, 104–108
Person, 36–38
Personality, 79–81
Photography, 27–28
Plain marxists, 138–139
Political economy, 47–49
Political elite, 89–90
Political order, 37
Politicalisation, 92
Politics
of culture, 102–104
of responsibility, 33–34
Politics
, 33–35
Port Huron Statement, The
, 143
Post-war
political scene, 58–59
social analysis, 67–68
Power, 40
relationships, 102–103
Power Elite, The
, 4, 12, 41–43, 45–47, 85–88, 93, 97–99, 142
Pragmatism, 29
Pragmatist tradition, 29–31
Professional ideology, 33
Programmatic radical politics, 154
Pro–labour intellectuals, 49–50
Protestant work ethic, 80–81
Psychic structure, 36–37
Psychological affinities, 96
Public schools, 95–96
Puerto Rican Journey, The
, 17, 22, 144
Pursuit of Loneliness, The (Slater), 142–143
Quality of mind, 125–133
Race, 144
Radical programmes, 59–60
Realpolitik
, 33–34
Relativism in knowledge, 31
Religious order, 37
Revolución
, 116
Saturday Review
, 124
Scientism, 70–71
Second Sex, The (de Beauvoir), 146
Self-image, 131
Significant others, 38–39
Smaller War Plants study, 71–72
Social affinities, 96
Social clubs, 95–96
Social criticism, 154
Social ethic, 70
Social pathologists, 32
Social pathology, 32
Social psychology, 8
Social roles, 131
Social sciences, 29–30
Social scientific analysis, 154
Social structure, 41–42
Socialist realism, 111
Sociological imagination, 2–3, 12, 126
Sociological Imagination, The
, 4–5, 42–43, 123, 149
classic tradition, 135–136
intellectual craftsmanship, 133–134
macroscopic, molecular and third camp sociology, 123–125
marxisms, 137–140
quality of mind, 125–133
Sociological poetry, 5
Sociological psychology, 35–44
Sociology, 5–6, 131
doctoral programme in, 19
of knowledge, 32–35
Sociology and Pragmatism: The Higher Learning in America
, 31
Sophisticated conservatives, 58
Sophisticated marxists, 138–139
Soviet intellectuals, 108, 113–114
Soviet intelligentsia, 110–111
Soviet Union, 2–3
Spheres, 37–38
State, 47–48
State in Capitalist Society, The (Miliband), 25–26
Status, 40
Strata, 41
Stratification trilogy, 41, 45–46
Structural racism, 147
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), 143
Symbolic interactionism, 35
Tally’s Corner (Liebow), 142–143
Technology, 37–38
Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College (A&M), 17–18
Theory of Balance, The, 98–99
Third camp sociology, 123–125
Tradition-directed people, 68
Tributes, 147–150
Unfinished work, 141–142
Unilateral strategies, 106–107
University of Maryland, 21–23
University of Texas, 29
University of Wisconsin, 19, 31
US Supreme Court, 150–151
USSR of missiles in Cuba, 150
Vocabularies of motive, 30–31, 40
War, 104–108
Weber’s political and comparative sociology, 19–20
Weberian approach, 71
Weberian–Meadian approach, 35
White Collar
, 4, 12, 22, 24, 27–28, 41–43, 45–47, 63, 71, 73–75, 85
audiences, 81–83
strata, 64
Women’s premarital virginity, 145–146
Working model, 134
Zoot Suit Riots, 144
Kinship order
, 37
Labor and Nation
, 51–53, 65–66
Labour leaders
, 49–53
Labour organisations
, 49–53
Language
, 38
Learned professionals
, 31
Legacy
, 147–150
Leisure class
, 7–8
Les Temps Modernes
, 4
‘Letter to the New Left’
, 114–115, 144–145
Liberal centre
, 57
Liberal obfuscators
, 117
Listen Yankee: The Revolution in Cuba
, 4–5, 7, 12, 27–28, 101, 118, 142
Listener, The
, 102
Logical thought
, 30
London School of Economics (LSE)
, 102
Lonely Crowd, The (Riesman et al)
, 67–68, 71, 142–143
Look Back in Anger (Osborne)
, 3–4
Lucky Jim (Amis)
, 3–4
Macroscopic sociology, 123–125
Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, The (Wilson), 67
Managerial demiurge, 77–78
Marx’s model, 139–140
Marxians:Thinkers and Politicians, The
, 137
Marxisms, 137–140
Marxists, The
, 2–3, 43, 110–111, 138–139
Mass society, 10–11
middle classes of, 66–71
Men of power, 53–55
Middle classes of mass society, 66–71
Middle levels of power, 94–95
Militarisation, 92
Military, 47–48
metaphysics, 93
order, 37
Mills, C. Wright, 1, 15
academic career, 20–23
craft, style, and design, 26–28
critical approach, 2–5
family background and early life, 15–17
humanist vision, 5–7
intellectual influences, 7–10
interpersonal relationships, 23–25
mentors, 17–20
political views, 25–26
post-modern era and mass society, 10–11
Mind, 131
Missteps, 144–147
Molecular sociology, 123–125
Nation, The
, 106–107
National Security Council, 89–90
Nazi economy, 47–48
Nazi party, 47–48
Negro problem, 17
Neo-Machiavellian scholars, 10
New Leader
, 5, 17, 48
New Left Review
, 25–26, 114–115
New Men of Power, The
, 12, 22, 41, 43, 45–47, 51, 53–54, 60–62, 85, 92–93
New Republic
, 50
New York intellectuals, 24
New York Times, Esquire, Harper’s Magazine, and Saturday Review
, 5
New York Times Magazine
, 85–86
Nonsectarian labour party, 60
Occupation, 40
Occupational shift, 73–75
On Observing the Russians
, 110–111, 137–138, 141–142
Optimism, 113–114
Organised labour, 47
disillusionment, 60–62
interlocking power and political economy, 47–49
labour leaders and labour organisations, 49–53
main drift, 55–59
men of power, 53–55
radical programmes, 59–60
Organization Man, The (Whyte), 69–71
Other-directed people, 69
‘Our Country and Our Culture’ theme, 104
Pageant
, 86
Parsons’s general theory, 128–129
Partisan Review
, 47–48, 65, 104, 106–107
Peace, 104–108
Person, 36–38
Personality, 79–81
Photography, 27–28
Plain marxists, 138–139
Political economy, 47–49
Political elite, 89–90
Political order, 37
Politicalisation, 92
Politics
of culture, 102–104
of responsibility, 33–34
Politics
, 33–35
Port Huron Statement, The
, 143
Post-war
political scene, 58–59
social analysis, 67–68
Power, 40
relationships, 102–103
Power Elite, The
, 4, 12, 41–43, 45–47, 85–88, 93, 97–99, 142
Pragmatism, 29
Pragmatist tradition, 29–31
Professional ideology, 33
Programmatic radical politics, 154
Pro–labour intellectuals, 49–50
Protestant work ethic, 80–81
Psychic structure, 36–37
Psychological affinities, 96
Public schools, 95–96
Puerto Rican Journey, The
, 17, 22, 144
Pursuit of Loneliness, The (Slater), 142–143
Quality of mind, 125–133
Race, 144
Radical programmes, 59–60
Realpolitik
, 33–34
Relativism in knowledge, 31
Religious order, 37
Revolución
, 116
Saturday Review
, 124
Scientism, 70–71
Second Sex, The (de Beauvoir), 146
Self-image, 131
Significant others, 38–39
Smaller War Plants study, 71–72
Social affinities, 96
Social clubs, 95–96
Social criticism, 154
Social ethic, 70
Social pathologists, 32
Social pathology, 32
Social psychology, 8
Social roles, 131
Social sciences, 29–30
Social scientific analysis, 154
Social structure, 41–42
Socialist realism, 111
Sociological imagination, 2–3, 12, 126
Sociological Imagination, The
, 4–5, 42–43, 123, 149
classic tradition, 135–136
intellectual craftsmanship, 133–134
macroscopic, molecular and third camp sociology, 123–125
marxisms, 137–140
quality of mind, 125–133
Sociological poetry, 5
Sociological psychology, 35–44
Sociology, 5–6, 131
doctoral programme in, 19
of knowledge, 32–35
Sociology and Pragmatism: The Higher Learning in America
, 31
Sophisticated conservatives, 58
Sophisticated marxists, 138–139
Soviet intellectuals, 108, 113–114
Soviet intelligentsia, 110–111
Soviet Union, 2–3
Spheres, 37–38
State, 47–48
State in Capitalist Society, The (Miliband), 25–26
Status, 40
Strata, 41
Stratification trilogy, 41, 45–46
Structural racism, 147
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), 143
Symbolic interactionism, 35
Tally’s Corner (Liebow), 142–143
Technology, 37–38
Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College (A&M), 17–18
Theory of Balance, The, 98–99
Third camp sociology, 123–125
Tradition-directed people, 68
Tributes, 147–150
Unfinished work, 141–142
Unilateral strategies, 106–107
University of Maryland, 21–23
University of Texas, 29
University of Wisconsin, 19, 31
US Supreme Court, 150–151
USSR of missiles in Cuba, 150
Vocabularies of motive, 30–31, 40
War, 104–108
Weber’s political and comparative sociology, 19–20
Weberian approach, 71
Weberian–Meadian approach, 35
White Collar
, 4, 12, 22, 24, 27–28, 41–43, 45–47, 63, 71, 73–75, 85
audiences, 81–83
strata, 64
Women’s premarital virginity, 145–146
Working model, 134
Zoot Suit Riots, 144
Macroscopic sociology
, 123–125
Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, The (Wilson)
, 67
Managerial demiurge
, 77–78
Marx’s model
, 139–140
Marxians:Thinkers and Politicians, The
, 137
Marxisms
, 137–140
Marxists, The
, 2–3, 43, 110–111, 138–139
Mass society
, 10–11
middle classes of
, 66–71
Men of power
, 53–55
Middle classes of mass society
, 66–71
Middle levels of power
, 94–95
Militarisation
, 92
Military
, 47–48
metaphysics
, 93
order
, 37
Mills, C. Wright
, 1, 15
academic career
, 20–23
craft, style, and design
, 26–28
critical approach
, 2–5
family background and early life
, 15–17
humanist vision
, 5–7
intellectual influences
, 7–10
interpersonal relationships
, 23–25
mentors
, 17–20
political views
, 25–26
post-modern era and mass society
, 10–11
Mind
, 131
Missteps
, 144–147
Molecular sociology
, 123–125
Nation, The
, 106–107
National Security Council
, 89–90
Nazi economy
, 47–48
Nazi party
, 47–48
Negro problem
, 17
Neo-Machiavellian scholars
, 10
New Leader
, 5, 17, 48
New Left Review
, 25–26, 114–115
New Men of Power, The
, 12, 22, 41, 43, 45–47, 51, 53–54, 60–62, 85, 92–93
New Republic
, 50
New York intellectuals
, 24
New York Times, Esquire, Harper’s Magazine, and Saturday Review
, 5
New York Times Magazine
, 85–86
Nonsectarian labour party
, 60
Occupation, 40
Occupational shift, 73–75
On Observing the Russians
, 110–111, 137–138, 141–142
Optimism, 113–114
Organised labour, 47
disillusionment, 60–62
interlocking power and political economy, 47–49
labour leaders and labour organisations, 49–53
main drift, 55–59
men of power, 53–55
radical programmes, 59–60
Organization Man, The (Whyte), 69–71
Other-directed people, 69
‘Our Country and Our Culture’ theme, 104
Pageant
, 86
Parsons’s general theory, 128–129
Partisan Review
, 47–48, 65, 104, 106–107
Peace, 104–108
Person, 36–38
Personality, 79–81
Photography, 27–28
Plain marxists, 138–139
Political economy, 47–49
Political elite, 89–90
Political order, 37
Politicalisation, 92
Politics
of culture, 102–104
of responsibility, 33–34
Politics
, 33–35
Port Huron Statement, The
, 143
Post-war
political scene, 58–59
social analysis, 67–68
Power, 40
relationships, 102–103
Power Elite, The
, 4, 12, 41–43, 45–47, 85–88, 93, 97–99, 142
Pragmatism, 29
Pragmatist tradition, 29–31
Professional ideology, 33
Programmatic radical politics, 154
Pro–labour intellectuals, 49–50
Protestant work ethic, 80–81
Psychic structure, 36–37
Psychological affinities, 96
Public schools, 95–96
Puerto Rican Journey, The
, 17, 22, 144
Pursuit of Loneliness, The (Slater), 142–143
Quality of mind, 125–133
Race, 144
Radical programmes, 59–60
Realpolitik
, 33–34
Relativism in knowledge, 31
Religious order, 37
Revolución
, 116
Saturday Review
, 124
Scientism, 70–71
Second Sex, The (de Beauvoir), 146
Self-image, 131
Significant others, 38–39
Smaller War Plants study, 71–72
Social affinities, 96
Social clubs, 95–96
Social criticism, 154
Social ethic, 70
Social pathologists, 32
Social pathology, 32
Social psychology, 8
Social roles, 131
Social sciences, 29–30
Social scientific analysis, 154
Social structure, 41–42
Socialist realism, 111
Sociological imagination, 2–3, 12, 126
Sociological Imagination, The
, 4–5, 42–43, 123, 149
classic tradition, 135–136
intellectual craftsmanship, 133–134
macroscopic, molecular and third camp sociology, 123–125
marxisms, 137–140
quality of mind, 125–133
Sociological poetry, 5
Sociological psychology, 35–44
Sociology, 5–6, 131
doctoral programme in, 19
of knowledge, 32–35
Sociology and Pragmatism: The Higher Learning in America
, 31
Sophisticated conservatives, 58
Sophisticated marxists, 138–139
Soviet intellectuals, 108, 113–114
Soviet intelligentsia, 110–111
Soviet Union, 2–3
Spheres, 37–38
State, 47–48
State in Capitalist Society, The (Miliband), 25–26
Status, 40
Strata, 41
Stratification trilogy, 41, 45–46
Structural racism, 147
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), 143
Symbolic interactionism, 35
Tally’s Corner (Liebow), 142–143
Technology, 37–38
Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College (A&M), 17–18
Theory of Balance, The, 98–99
Third camp sociology, 123–125
Tradition-directed people, 68
Tributes, 147–150
Unfinished work, 141–142
Unilateral strategies, 106–107
University of Maryland, 21–23
University of Texas, 29
University of Wisconsin, 19, 31
US Supreme Court, 150–151
USSR of missiles in Cuba, 150
Vocabularies of motive, 30–31, 40
War, 104–108
Weber’s political and comparative sociology, 19–20
Weberian approach, 71
Weberian–Meadian approach, 35
White Collar
, 4, 12, 22, 24, 27–28, 41–43, 45–47, 63, 71, 73–75, 85
audiences, 81–83
strata, 64
Women’s premarital virginity, 145–146
Working model, 134
Zoot Suit Riots, 144
Occupation
, 40
Occupational shift
, 73–75
On Observing the Russians
, 110–111, 137–138, 141–142
Optimism
, 113–114
Organised labour
, 47
disillusionment
, 60–62
interlocking power and political economy
, 47–49
labour leaders and labour organisations
, 49–53
main drift
, 55–59
men of power
, 53–55
radical programmes
, 59–60
Organization Man, The (Whyte)
, 69–71
Other-directed people
, 69
‘Our Country and Our Culture’ theme
, 104
Pageant
, 86
Parsons’s general theory
, 128–129
Partisan Review
, 47–48, 65, 104, 106–107
Peace
, 104–108
Person
, 36–38
Personality
, 79–81
Photography
, 27–28
Plain marxists
, 138–139
Political economy
, 47–49
Political elite
, 89–90
Political order
, 37
Politicalisation
, 92
Politics
of culture
, 102–104
of responsibility
, 33–34
Politics
, 33–35
Port Huron Statement, The
, 143
Post-war
political scene
, 58–59
social analysis
, 67–68
Power
, 40
relationships
, 102–103
Power Elite, The
, 4, 12, 41–43, 45–47, 85–88, 93, 97–99, 142
Pragmatism
, 29
Pragmatist tradition
, 29–31
Professional ideology
, 33
Programmatic radical politics
, 154
Pro–labour intellectuals
, 49–50
Protestant work ethic
, 80–81
Psychic structure
, 36–37
Psychological affinities
, 96
Public schools
, 95–96
Puerto Rican Journey, The
, 17, 22, 144
Pursuit of Loneliness, The (Slater)
, 142–143
Quality of mind, 125–133
Race, 144
Radical programmes, 59–60
Realpolitik
, 33–34
Relativism in knowledge, 31
Religious order, 37
Revolución
, 116
Saturday Review
, 124
Scientism, 70–71
Second Sex, The (de Beauvoir), 146
Self-image, 131
Significant others, 38–39
Smaller War Plants study, 71–72
Social affinities, 96
Social clubs, 95–96
Social criticism, 154
Social ethic, 70
Social pathologists, 32
Social pathology, 32
Social psychology, 8
Social roles, 131
Social sciences, 29–30
Social scientific analysis, 154
Social structure, 41–42
Socialist realism, 111
Sociological imagination, 2–3, 12, 126
Sociological Imagination, The
, 4–5, 42–43, 123, 149
classic tradition, 135–136
intellectual craftsmanship, 133–134
macroscopic, molecular and third camp sociology, 123–125
marxisms, 137–140
quality of mind, 125–133
Sociological poetry, 5
Sociological psychology, 35–44
Sociology, 5–6, 131
doctoral programme in, 19
of knowledge, 32–35
Sociology and Pragmatism: The Higher Learning in America
, 31
Sophisticated conservatives, 58
Sophisticated marxists, 138–139
Soviet intellectuals, 108, 113–114
Soviet intelligentsia, 110–111
Soviet Union, 2–3
Spheres, 37–38
State, 47–48
State in Capitalist Society, The (Miliband), 25–26
Status, 40
Strata, 41
Stratification trilogy, 41, 45–46
Structural racism, 147
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), 143
Symbolic interactionism, 35
Tally’s Corner (Liebow), 142–143
Technology, 37–38
Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College (A&M), 17–18
Theory of Balance, The, 98–99
Third camp sociology, 123–125
Tradition-directed people, 68
Tributes, 147–150
Unfinished work, 141–142
Unilateral strategies, 106–107
University of Maryland, 21–23
University of Texas, 29
University of Wisconsin, 19, 31
US Supreme Court, 150–151
USSR of missiles in Cuba, 150
Vocabularies of motive, 30–31, 40
War, 104–108
Weber’s political and comparative sociology, 19–20
Weberian approach, 71
Weberian–Meadian approach, 35
White Collar
, 4, 12, 22, 24, 27–28, 41–43, 45–47, 63, 71, 73–75, 85
audiences, 81–83
strata, 64
Women’s premarital virginity, 145–146
Working model, 134
Zoot Suit Riots, 144
Quality of mind
, 125–133
Race
, 144
Radical programmes
, 59–60
Realpolitik
, 33–34
Relativism in knowledge
, 31
Religious order
, 37
Revolución
, 116
Saturday Review
, 124
Scientism, 70–71
Second Sex, The (de Beauvoir), 146
Self-image, 131
Significant others, 38–39
Smaller War Plants study, 71–72
Social affinities, 96
Social clubs, 95–96
Social criticism, 154
Social ethic, 70
Social pathologists, 32
Social pathology, 32
Social psychology, 8
Social roles, 131
Social sciences, 29–30
Social scientific analysis, 154
Social structure, 41–42
Socialist realism, 111
Sociological imagination, 2–3, 12, 126
Sociological Imagination, The
, 4–5, 42–43, 123, 149
classic tradition, 135–136
intellectual craftsmanship, 133–134
macroscopic, molecular and third camp sociology, 123–125
marxisms, 137–140
quality of mind, 125–133
Sociological poetry, 5
Sociological psychology, 35–44
Sociology, 5–6, 131
doctoral programme in, 19
of knowledge, 32–35
Sociology and Pragmatism: The Higher Learning in America
, 31
Sophisticated conservatives, 58
Sophisticated marxists, 138–139
Soviet intellectuals, 108, 113–114
Soviet intelligentsia, 110–111
Soviet Union, 2–3
Spheres, 37–38
State, 47–48
State in Capitalist Society, The (Miliband), 25–26
Status, 40
Strata, 41
Stratification trilogy, 41, 45–46
Structural racism, 147
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), 143
Symbolic interactionism, 35
Tally’s Corner (Liebow), 142–143
Technology, 37–38
Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College (A&M), 17–18
Theory of Balance, The, 98–99
Third camp sociology, 123–125
Tradition-directed people, 68
Tributes, 147–150
Unfinished work, 141–142
Unilateral strategies, 106–107
University of Maryland, 21–23
University of Texas, 29
University of Wisconsin, 19, 31
US Supreme Court, 150–151
USSR of missiles in Cuba, 150
Vocabularies of motive, 30–31, 40
War, 104–108
Weber’s political and comparative sociology, 19–20
Weberian approach, 71
Weberian–Meadian approach, 35
White Collar
, 4, 12, 22, 24, 27–28, 41–43, 45–47, 63, 71, 73–75, 85
audiences, 81–83
strata, 64
Women’s premarital virginity, 145–146
Working model, 134
Zoot Suit Riots, 144
Saturday Review
, 124
Scientism
, 70–71
Second Sex, The (de Beauvoir)
, 146
Self-image
, 131
Significant others
, 38–39
Smaller War Plants study
, 71–72
Social affinities
, 96
Social clubs
, 95–96
Social criticism
, 154
Social ethic
, 70
Social pathologists
, 32
Social pathology
, 32
Social psychology
, 8
Social roles
, 131
Social sciences
, 29–30
Social scientific analysis
, 154
Social structure
, 41–42
Socialist realism
, 111
Sociological imagination
, 2–3, 12, 126
Sociological Imagination, The
, 4–5, 42–43, 123, 149
classic tradition
, 135–136
intellectual craftsmanship
, 133–134
macroscopic, molecular and third camp sociology
, 123–125
marxisms
, 137–140
quality of mind
, 125–133
Sociological poetry
, 5
Sociological psychology
, 35–44
Sociology
, 5–6, 131
doctoral programme in
, 19
of knowledge
, 32–35
Sociology and Pragmatism: The Higher Learning in America
, 31
Sophisticated conservatives
, 58
Sophisticated marxists
, 138–139
Soviet intellectuals
, 108, 113–114
Soviet intelligentsia
, 110–111
Soviet Union
, 2–3
Spheres
, 37–38
State
, 47–48
State in Capitalist Society, The (Miliband)
, 25–26
Status
, 40
Strata
, 41
Stratification trilogy
, 41, 45–46
Structural racism
, 147
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
, 143
Symbolic interactionism
, 35
Tally’s Corner (Liebow)
, 142–143
Technology
, 37–38
Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College (A&M)
, 17–18
Theory of Balance, The
, 98–99
Third camp sociology
, 123–125
Tradition-directed people
, 68
Tributes
, 147–150
Unfinished work, 141–142
Unilateral strategies, 106–107
University of Maryland, 21–23
University of Texas, 29
University of Wisconsin, 19, 31
US Supreme Court, 150–151
USSR of missiles in Cuba, 150
Vocabularies of motive, 30–31, 40
War, 104–108
Weber’s political and comparative sociology, 19–20
Weberian approach, 71
Weberian–Meadian approach, 35
White Collar
, 4, 12, 22, 24, 27–28, 41–43, 45–47, 63, 71, 73–75, 85
audiences, 81–83
strata, 64
Women’s premarital virginity, 145–146
Working model, 134
Zoot Suit Riots, 144
Unfinished work
, 141–142
Unilateral strategies
, 106–107
University of Maryland
, 21–23
University of Texas
, 29
University of Wisconsin
, 19, 31
US Supreme Court
, 150–151
USSR of missiles in Cuba
, 150
Vocabularies of motive
, 30–31, 40
War, 104–108
Weber’s political and comparative sociology, 19–20
Weberian approach, 71
Weberian–Meadian approach, 35
White Collar
, 4, 12, 22, 24, 27–28, 41–43, 45–47, 63, 71, 73–75, 85
audiences, 81–83
strata, 64
Women’s premarital virginity, 145–146
Working model, 134
Zoot Suit Riots, 144
War
, 104–108
Weber’s political and comparative sociology
, 19–20
Weberian approach
, 71
Weberian–Meadian approach
, 35
White Collar
, 4, 12, 22, 24, 27–28, 41–43, 45–47, 63, 71, 73–75, 85
audiences
, 81–83
strata
, 64
Women’s premarital virginity
, 145–146
Working model
, 134
Zoot Suit Riots
, 144
- Prelims
- 1 Mills in Context
- 2 Mills: Life, Career, Politics
- 3 Pragmatism, Sociology of Knowledge and Sociological Psychology
- 4 Organised Labour
- 5 The American Middle Classes
- 6 The High and the Mighty
- 7 Political Responsibility and Truth
- 8 The Sociological Imagination
- 9 Mills: Looking Back, Forward-Looking
- Appendix 1 Conspectus of Mills's Principal Works
- Appendix 2 Sources and Further Readings
- Index