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Reposted by Neil McLaughlin

Dan Silver @dsilver432.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Delighted to have a guest post from @mclaughlinsoc.bsky.social on The Silver Linings Substack! In his terrific essay, Neil returns to the debate between Parsons and Mills but brings Gouldner into the mix, applying Gouldner's concept of "theoretical nightmares" to "the sociological imagination."

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Neil McLaughlin on C. Wright Mills and Sociology’s Nightmare

Alvin Gouldner and the Crisis of Contemporary Sociology

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