Quotessence
Home / Quotes / Quote by C. Wright Mills

Quote by C. Wright Mills

Work

The Sociological Imagination

This work delves into the concept of the sociological imagination, examining how personal experiences are influenced by broader social contexts and historical forces. more

Author

C. Wright Mills
C. Wright Mills

C. Wright Mills was an American sociologist known for his research on power structures and social conflict. His work emphasized the impact of social structures on individual lives and introduced the concept of 'the sociological imagination'. more

You May Also Like

“…Και τότε η Αλ άρχισε να της μιλάει για το πόσο εύκολα σε προδίδουν οι νεκροί, για το πώς μεροληπτούν, για την ικανότητα τους να διεισδύουν, για το πώς εξαφανίζονται αφήνοντας πίσω τους τα κομμάτια τους, ή μπερδεύονται στα εσωτερικά σου όργανα..”

About Death
Book:Beyond Black
Create image

“Strange thing is I actually find the movie and her commentary interesting, especially after she hits a couple of vodkas and really starts cranking. It’s one of those movies set in a screwed-up society in the near future. Totalitarianism rules. Half the characters look like refugees from a seventies punkrock club and the other half look like space Nazis. One of the women is pretty hot for a bald chick. Aimee says the themes are simple: Goodbye individuality, goodbye uniqueness. The uniform, soulless future is coming and the seeds have already been planted. She’s read or watched about a billion similar stories. That’s what people fear, she says, because they think it’s like death and that death is the ultimate robber of identity. “Do you think that’s what death’s really like?” I ask. “No,” she says. “I think, when we die, we don’t lose our identity, we gain a much, much bigger one. As big as the universe.” “That’s the best news I’ve heard all day,” I tell her, and we clink our glasses together to toast our grand universal selves.”

About Death
Book:The Spectacular Now
Create image

“I sitrende villskap og med intense bønner til min unge Gud fulgte jeg insektets lette flukt. Skjelvende stilte jeg på det når det slo seg ned på en solvarm stein og spilte ut sine strålende vinger. Generasjoner av varmblodige stimenn gråt i meg når flyet kastet seg ut i sommerdagens lysmette luft og flagret videre. De jublet i min jubel da jeg til slutt fanget dette levende smykke fra veikantens nesleskog og kverket det med en dråpe eter. Dette var min første jakt.”

BarndomJaktJeger
Book:Lys og skygger i Sjøgata
Create image

“Og de gode borgere som spaserte langs Mellomveien på sin obligatoriske sommersøndagsformiddagstur, hva visste de vel om en liten jegers eventyr? De så en bleik og forvokset guttunge løpe om med et nett og et glass i neven. Merkelig beskjeftigelse, sa noen. Og andre syntes plutselig synd på både humle og veps og mygg, for i Tromsø skal man ikke øve mord om søndagen. Iallfall ikke før middag.”

BarndomTromsøJaktFriluftsliv
Book:Lys og skygger i Sjøgata
Create image

“Jag vet ej vem jag är, ingen människa kommer någonsin att få veta vem hon är. Ett namn? Ett ansikte? Men varje människa har eller kan få så många namn, har eller kan få så många ansikten. Själen byts: den kan bli ädlare, den kan bli sämre; vi vet detta. Ingen människa kan vila i sitt förflutna, ingen åldring i sin barndom, ej någon äger full trygghet i sig själv. Men vi kan gripa nuet och säga: så är jag nu, i denna stund.”

BarndomIdentitetåLdras
Book:The Days of His Grace
Create image

“Secure children/teenagers know their parents are there to assist them. They know they can give explanations without the fear of criticism. If the truth is told, there should be no come-back unless the same wrong action is repeated. My youngest son told me the truth about an issue and as I said I was going to discipline him he said: "Do you want to make a liar out of me because in future I shall not tell you the truth!?”

Discussions Honesty Openness
Author:Sheila du Plessis
Create image