Question

A list for achieving this two-word concept includes an instruction to “avoid the byzantine oddity of associated and disassociated concepts.” A thinker’s outline on using this two-word concept by being “a good craftsman” was extended in “On Intellectual Craftsmanship.” A book titled for this two-word concept states that “the ultimate problem of freedom” is the “Cheerful Robot.” That book, which criticizes Talcott Parsons’s “grand theory,” refers to this two-word concept’s (-5[1])application by Paul Lazarsfeld as “abstract empiricism.” People who understand this two-word concept can connect “private troubles to public issues.” For 10 points, name this two-word concept of understanding personal experiences within a broader social context, which titles a book by C. Wright Mills. ■END■ (10[1]0[7])

ANSWER: sociological imagination [or The Sociological Imagination; prompt on imagination; reject “intellectual craftsmanship”]
<NS, Social Science>
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Simon ZimmermanOhio State ACase Western A69-5
Stevie MillerCarnegie Mellon AMichigan A1140
Todd MaslykMichigan ACarnegie Mellon A1140
Noah DeanKenyonCase Western B1140
Biyang ZhangMichigan BMichigan State11410
Anthony YinCase Western BKenyon1140
Cade SmithMichigan StateMichigan B1140
Elie AounCase Western AOhio State A1140
Jack LengaCarnegie Mellon BMichigan C1140

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