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Summers, John H.

The Politics of Truth : Selected Writings of C. Wright Mills

Summers, John H. - The Politics of Truth : Selected Writings of C. Wright Mills, ebook

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C. Wright Mills was a radical public intellectual, a tough-talking, motorcycle-riding anarchist from Texas who taught sociology at Columbia University. Mills's three most influential books--The Power Elite, White Collar, and The Sociological Imagination--were originally published by OUP and are considered classics. The first collection of his writings to be published since 1963, The Politics of Truth contains 23 out-of-print and hard-to-find writings which show his growth from academic sociologist to an intellectual maestro in command of a mature style, a dissenter who sought to inspire the public to oppose the drift toward permanent war. Given the political deceptions of recent years, Mills's truth-telling is more relevant than ever. Seminal papers including "Letter to the New Left" appear alongside lesser known meditations such as "Are We Losing Our Sense of Belonging?" John Summers provides fresh insights in his introduction, which gives an overview of Mills's life and career. Summers has also written annotations that establish each piece's context and has drawn up a comprehensive bibliography of Mills's published and unpublished writings.

Keywords: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General SOC026000

Author(s)
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication year
2008
Language
en
Edition
1
Category
Society
Format
Ebook
eISBN (PDF)
9780199711321

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