The Politics of Truth

ISBN-13: 9780195343052 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 320 str.

John Summers; C. Wright Mills

Opis

C. Wright Mills was a radical public intellectual, a tough-talking, motorcycle-riding anarchist from Texas who taught sociology at Columbia University. Mills's three most influential books--The Power Elite, White Collar, and The Sociological Imagination--were originally published by OUP and are considered classics. The first collection of his writings to be published since 1963, The Politics of Truth contains 23 out-of-print and hard-to-find writings which show his growth from academic sociologist to an intellectual maestro in command of a mature style, a dissenter who sought to inspire the public to oppose the drift toward permanent war. Given the political deceptions of recent years, Mills's truth-telling is more relevant than ever. Seminal papers including "Letter to the New Left" appear alongside lesser known meditations such as "Are We Losing Our Sense of Belonging?" John Summers provides fresh insights in his introduction, which gives an overview of Mills's life and career. Summers has also written annotations that establish each piece's context and has drawn up a comprehensive bibliography of Mills's published and unpublished writings.

Recenzje

a skilfully crafted overview of the context of Mills' life and work ... provides a fresh perspective on Mills' intentions and focus as a radical cultural critic.

O autorze

Summers was a lecturer on Social Studies at Harvard University from 2000-2007. In addition to writing essays for periodicals such as the Journal The Gettysburg Review, The Nation, The New York Times Book Review, he is the author of a forthcoming biography of Mills (OUP).