Where to focus the sociological imagination today? A reflection on the problems of contemporary sociology 60 years after the publication of Mills' pivotal work

Abstract

The article from the field of sociological theory reflects on current problems of contemporary theoretical thinking, which would be appropriate to approach using inspiration from Mills' Sociological Imagination. Special attention is focused on the macrosocial level of sociological research.

Keywords

• Sociology
• sociological theory
• sociological imagination
• micro-social reality
• macro-social reality
• actor
• institution
• structure
• manifest
• latent.