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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 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 (10[2])of understanding personal experiences within a broader social context, which titles a book by C. Wright Mills. ■END■ (0[4])

ANSWER: sociological imagination [or The Sociological Imagination; prompt on imagination; reject “intellectual craftsmanship”]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jeffrey XuGeorgia Tech CLouisville A9610
Jack LewisBruin AAlabama A9610
Parker McCoigTennessee AGeorgia Tech A1140
Tianyu XuGeorgia Tech ATennessee A1140
Christopher DekermanjiVanderbilt AGeorgia Tech B1140
Louis HarneyGeorgia Tech BVanderbilt A1140

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