C. Wright Mills Quote

One could translate the 555 pages of The Social System into about 150 pages of straightforward English. The result would not be very impressive.


p. 31, commenting on the verbosity of the chief work of competing sociologist Talcott Parsons. - The Sociological Imagination (1959)


One could translate the 555 pages of The Social System into about 150 pages of straightforward English. The result would not be very impressive.

One could translate the 555 pages of The Social System into about 150 pages of straightforward English. The result would not be very impressive.

One could translate the 555 pages of The Social System into about 150 pages of straightforward English. The result would not be very impressive.

One could translate the 555 pages of The Social System into about 150 pages of straightforward English. The result would not be very impressive.