C. Wright Mills and the Sociological Imagination

Edited by John Scott, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Plymouth University and Visiting Professor, University of Essex, University of Exeter, UK and Ann Nilsen, Professor of Sociology, University of Bergen, Norway

• Contents:ForewordKathryn MillsIntroduction: Mills TodayAnn Nilsen and John ScottPART I: THE INTELLECTUAL LEGACY1. The Sociological Imagination, ‘On Intellectual Craftsmanship’, and Mills’s Influence on Research MethodsJennifer Platt2. C. Wright Mills and the Necessity of HistoryKrishan Kumar3. The Fate of The Sociological Imagination: Mills, Social Science and Contemporary SociologyLars Mjøset4. Contextualising Lives: The History–Biography Dynamic RevisitedAnn Nilsen and Julia Brannen5. Mills, Miliband and MarxismMichael Newman6. C. Wright Mills and the Contemporary Challenge of Biographical MethodsMike Savage7. Class, Elites and Power: A Contemporary PerspectiveJohn Scott8. Access to Power Resources and Increase of the Symbolic BodyDaniel Bertaux9. C. Wright Mills on War and PeaceJohn D. BrewerPART II: REFLECTIONS AND ENCOUNTERSKathryn Mills: War and Peace, Civil Rights and Gender: A Few Reflections About My FatherJohn Scott: Encountering the Sociological ImaginationA. Javier Treviño: C. Wright Mills as Designer, Craftsman and StylistOttar Brox: What C. Wright Mills Can Teach Us TodayJohn D. Brewer: The Sociological Imagination and Public SociologyOle Johnny Olsen: Learning From an Early Encounter with The Power EliteAnn Nilsen: Encounters with PragmatismIndex

’What this collection offers more than anything is the opportunity to adopt Mills' thought as a spur to action - as a way of being a sociologist. . . particularly in environments where sociology is increasingly under threat.’