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C. Wright Mills

Best known for developing the concept of the sociological imagination, which connects personal troubles to larger public issues.

Sociological Imagination

A quality of mind that helps individuals grasp the interplay between biography and history within society.

Émile Durkheim

A foundational figure in sociology who focused on social facts and the norms, values, and structures that constrain behavior.

Social Solidarity

The cohesion and integration of members in society, which can be mechanical (traditional societies) or organic (modern societies).

Anomie

A state of normlessness where social norms are weak or absent, leading to a lack of purpose and increased social pathologies.

Suicide

An act influenced by social integration and regulation, with different types: egoistic, altruistic, and anomic.

Karl Marx

An architect of conflict theory who viewed society as progressing through class struggles over economic resources.

Class Struggle

The fundamental conflict between the bourgeoisie (owners) and the proletariat (workers selling their labor power).

Alienation

The estrangement of workers under capitalism from their labor, the product of their labor, and other people.

Capitalism

An economic and social system based on private ownership of production means and wage labor.

Max Weber

Emphasized the role of ideas, values, and rationalization in shaping modern society and focused on interpretive sociology.

Rationalization

The historical process by which modern society relies increasingly on scientific explanation and calculability.

Double Consciousness

The internal conflict experienced by Black Americans, seeing oneself through the eyes of a white-dominated society while maintaining Black identity.

The Veil

A metaphor representing the separation between Black and white societies, obscuring true understanding and equality.

Silvia Federici

A prominent Marxist feminist known for her work on capitalism and women's reproductive labor.

Wages Against Housework

A critique of the invisibility and devaluation of women's reproductive labor in capitalist societies.

Catharine A. MacKinnon

A leading feminist legal scholar who argues that sexual objectification is central to women's subordination.

Pornography as Civil Rights Violation

MacKinnon's argument that pornography enacts women's subordination and is a form of sex discrimination.

Michel Foucault

A philosopher who examined the relationship between power and knowledge, exploring how power operates productively.

Panopticism

The concept illustrating how constant surveillance leads individuals to self-regulate their behavior.

Pierre Bourdieu

Developed a framework for understanding social inequality through cultural and social mechanisms beyond mere economics.

Forms of Capital

Different types of resources individuals possess which affect their status and power in society, including economic and cultural capital.