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.
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.
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...
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...
评分书总体上还是很好的,但翻译上工夫不够,估计也就几个研究生干的活。现在像过去那样用几年十几年把一本书翻译好的精神实在是太欠缺了。 本书是社会学著作,但因为是从批判主义入手,所以学院气不是那么浓,理论上也没太多高深的地方,但很给人启发,事实有时往往比理论...
评分书总体上还是很好的,但翻译上工夫不够,估计也就几个研究生干的活。现在像过去那样用几年十几年把一本书翻译好的精神实在是太欠缺了。 本书是社会学著作,但因为是从批判主义入手,所以学院气不是那么浓,理论上也没太多高深的地方,但很给人启发,事实有时往往比理论...
sociology reading material
评分when the idea first came out, it was shocking. the one percent is never a new idea. is there really a time the society hasn’t been controlled by the one percent? this is what the sociologists have always been interested in.
评分非常犀利。和Dahl的Who Governs放在一起看会更加有意思。对于当下体制的批判和对于实际民主制度运作过程的解释其实是相辅相成的两个传统,在美国的学术界里,我觉得这两个传统真正做到了相互切磋砥砺。
评分The Weberian "unholy" trinity of social monopoly...╮(╯_╰)╭
评分????????????发现长这么大看的世界是假的,被灌输的知识是垃圾
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