For we cannot adequately understand 'man' as an isolated biological creature, as a bundle of reflexes or a set of instincts, as an 'intelligible field' or a system in and of itself. Whatever else he may be, man is a… — C. Wright Mills Copy Share Image
As a social and as a personal force, religion has become a dependent variable. It does not originate; it reacts. It does not denounce;… — C. Wright Mills Copy Share
Every revolution has its counterrevolution - that is a sign the revolution is for real — C. Wright Mills Copy Share
For the first time in American history, men in authority are talking about an 'emergency' without a foreseeable end... such men as these are… — C. Wright Mills Copy Share
Prestige is the shadow of money and power. Where these are, there it is. Like the national market for soap or automobiles and the… — C. Wright Mills Copy Share
America is a nation with no truly national city, no Paris, no Rome, no London, no city which is at once the social center,… — C. Wright Mills Copy Share
What we experience in various and specific milieux, I have noted, is often caused by structural changes. Accordingly, to understand the changes of many… — C. Wright Mills Copy Share
The nearest the modern general or admiral comes to a small-arms encounter of any sort is at a duck hunt in the company of… — C. Wright Mills Copy Share
You can never really understand an individual unless you also understand the society,historical time period in which they live,personal troubles, and social issues — C. Wright Mills Copy Share
Fate has to do with events in history that are the summary and unintended results of innumerable decisions of innumerable men. — C. Wright Mills Copy Share
Whatever sociology may be, it is the result of constantly asking the question, what is the meaning of this? — C. Wright Mills Copy Share
The mass production of distraction is now as much a part of the American way of life as the mass production of automobiles. — C. Wright Mills Copy Share
If we accept the Greek's definition of the idiot as an altogether private man, then we must conclude that many American citizens are now… — C. Wright Mills Copy Share
Seldom aware of the intricate connection between the patterns of their own lives and the course of world history, ordinary people do not usually… — C. Wright Mills Copy Share
Neither the life of an individual nor the history of a society can be understood without understanding both. — C. Wright Mills Copy Share
