“My conception stands opposed to social science as a set of bureaucratic techniques which inhibit social inquiry by ‘methodolocigal’ pretentions, which congest such work by obscurantist conceptions, or which trivialize it by concern with minor problems unconnected with publicly relevant issues.” MediocritySociologySocial ScienceRigidityPretentiousnessProcedureAcademese Book:The Sociological Imagination Source: The Sociological Imagination
“Nie można zrozumieć ani życia jednostki, ani życia społeczeństwa, nie odnosząc jednego do drugiego.” ScienceSocietySociology Book:The Sociological Imagination Source: The Sociological Imagination
“Whatever sociology may be, it is the result of constantly asking the question, what is the meaning of this?” MayResultsAskingSociologyWhat Is The Meaning Author:C. Wright Mills
“The more we understand what is happening in the world, the more frustrated we often become, for our knowledge leads to feelings of powerlessness. We feel that we are living in a world in which the citizen has become a mere spectator or a forced actor, and that our personal experience is politically useless and our political will a minor illusion.” WorldFeelsFeelingsPoliticalActorsUnderstandingKnowledgeCitizensHappeningsIllusionMereUselessFrustrationMinorsFrustratedSociologySpectatorsPessimisticPersonal ExperiencesPowerlessnessPolitical Will Book:C. Wright Mills: Letters and Autobiographical Writings Source: C. Wright Mills: Letters and Autobiographical Writings
