Freedom is not merely the opportunity to do as one pleases; neither is it merely the opportunity to choose between set alternatives. Freedom is, first of all, the chance to formulate the available choices, to argue over them -- and then, the opportunity to choose.
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About C. Wright Mills
C. Wright Mills was a 20th-century American sociologist. Charles Wright Mills was an American sociologist, and a professor of sociology at Columbia University from 1946 until his death. Mills published widely in both popular and intellectual journals, and is remembered for several books, such as The Power Elite, White Collar: The American Middle Classes, and The Sociological Imagination. Read more on Wikipedia →
Themes
- Freedom — The value of liberty, independence, and self-determination