1: Human Nature and the Perspective of Sociology; Introduction; 1: C. Wright Mills and the Sociological Imagination; 2: The Oversocialized Conception of Man in Modern Sociology; Postscript 1975; 3: Human Nature and the Perspective of Sociology; 4: The Idea of “Community”: A Critique; 5: Identity: Problem and Catchword; 2: Social Stratification and Inequality; Introduction; 6: The Functional Theory of Stratification: Some Neglected Considerations; 7: Social Inequality without Social Stratification; 8: Jews, Gentiles, and the New Establishment; 9: How Important Is Social Class?; 3: Power and Politics; Introduction; 10: Problems in Defining Power; 11: Force and the Threat of Force as Distinct Forms of Power; 12: Competent Authority: Reality and Legitimating Model; 13: Economic Development and Democracy; A Reply to Heilbroner; 14: The Rhythm of Democratic Politics; 15: Max Weber: The Scholar as Hero; 16: Ends and Means in Politics; 17: On Thinking about the Future