SOC-UA 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: The Sociological Imagination, Permanent War Economy, The Power Elite

• School: New York University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC-UA 1
• Professor: Arum Richard

Document Summary

The sociological imagination enables us to grasp history and biography and the relations between the two within society. Age of indifference and uneasiness (no cherished values and either absence or presence of threat); as opposed to crisis or well-being. Mills on social values/threats: the 1950"s in the us as a time of unease and indifference. Similar role for society as physical structure in a building. Consists of two dimensions: social hierarchies, institutional environments (organizations, governments, law, rules, etc. ) Coordination between military, economic and political elites.