C. Wright Mills is best remembered for his highly acclaimed work
The Sociological Imagination
, in which he set forth his views on how social science should be pursued. Hailed upon publication as a cogent and hard-hitting critique,
took issue with the ascendant schools of sociology in the United States, calling for a humanist sociology connecting the social, personal, and historical dimensions of our lives. The sociological imagination Mills calls for is a sociological vision, a way of looking at the world that can see links between the apparently private problems of the individual and important social issues.