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 (10[1])theory,” refers to this two-word concept’s 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 (-5[1])by C. Wright Mills. ■END■ (0[7])

ANSWER: sociological imagination [or The Sociological Imagination; prompt on imagination; reject “intellectual craftsmanship”]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Orion KellerVirginia Tech AUNC C6310
Braeden LaRocheSouth CarolinaLiberty B109-5
Samuel MillerLiberty BSouth Carolina1140
Nathan RedfordLiberty ADuke1140
Audrey ReadLiberty CWake Forest1140
Jeffrey AustinUNC DVirginia A1140
Jacob EgolDukeLiberty A1140
Joseph ChambersVirginia AUNC D1140
Adam PascoeWake ForestLiberty C1140

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