Becoming Quote by C. Wright Mills

“Seldom aware of the intricate connection between the patterns of their own lives and the course of world history, ordinary people do not usually know what this connection means for the kind of people they are becoming and for the kind of history-making in which they might take part.”

C. Wright Mills

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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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