Actors Quote by C. Wright Mills

“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 social and an historical actor who must be understood, if at all, in close and intricate interplay with social and historical structures”

C. Wright Mills

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IBM Plus Reality Plus Humanism = Sociology.

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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

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Fate has to do with events in history that are the summary and unintended results of innumerable decisions of innumerable men.

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Whatever sociology may be, it is the result of constantly asking the question, what is the meaning of this?

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