The late C. Wright Mills, Professor of Sociology at Columbia University, was a leading critic of modern American civilization. Alan Wolfe is University Professor and Professor of Political Science and Sociology at Boston University. He is the author or editor of more than ten books, including Marginalized in the Middle and One Nation, After All.
First published in 1956, The Power Elite stands as a contemporary classic of social science and social criticism. C. Wright Mills examines and critiques the organization of power in the United States, calling attention to three firmly interlocked prongs of power: the military, corporate, and political elite. The Power Elite can be read as a good account of what was taking place in America at the time it was written, but its underlying question of whether America is as democratic in practice as it is in theory continues to matter very much today. What The Power Elite informed readers of in 1956 was how much the organization of power in America had changed during their lifetimes, and Alan Wolfe's astute afterword to this new edition brings us up to date, illustrating how much more has changed since then. Wolfe sorts out what is helpful in Mills book and which of his predictions have not come to bear, laying out the radical changes in American capitalism, from intense global competition and the collapse of communism to rapid technological transformations and ever changing consumer tastes. The Power Elite has stimulated generations of readers to think about the kind of society they have and the kind of society they might want, and deserves to be read by every new generation.
米尔斯这本书写于《社会学的想像力》之前三年,因而可看作其社会学主张的例证。米尔斯是马克斯•韦伯著作的主要翻译者之一,深受韦伯的影响,不过他在书中表露的激愤思想,显然是受到了马克思的影响。人们之所以常常把米尔斯看作社会批评家,而非社会科学家,大概是因为人...
评分工业与金融公司的权力集中并联结起来。摩根集团单独掌握了总计资本超过220亿美元的112个公司里的三百四十一个董事职位,。随着比其他州拥有更多的收入,和多的多的雇员,公司控制了政党买通了法律,并使国会议员保持“中立”状态,而且因为私人经济权力超越于公共政治权力之上...
评分还没有读完,但这本书读起来让我感觉有些吃力。一方面作者的思路似乎有些混乱,想要扩充的东西有点多,虽然道理都懂,但思路理清楚很难。另外我读的是北京时代华文书局的版本,感觉翻译的质量有些问题,很多时候一句话读完就感觉摸不着头脑,语法结构很乱。还有,麻烦不要那么...
评分1950年代的美国,是一个“物质繁荣、国家主义甚嚣尘上和政治真空”的时代。大多数美国人处在一种自鸣得意的状态中,知识分子们也将自己出卖给保守主义情绪。这时,米尔斯写下了《权力精英》,告诉美国人他们处在怎样一种糟糕的境地当中:这个国家已经被商界、政界和军界的权力...
文笔真好,第一页写"They (the elites) need not merely 'meet the demands of the day and hour'; in some part, they create these demands, and cause others to meet them."不禁笑了出来。
评分The Weberian "unholy" trinity of social monopoly...╮(╯_╰)╭
评分American elite politics/democracy in the 1950s; politicians, military man and corporate executives; mass society and higher immorality; Classic
评分sociology reading material
评分Not this version
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