Was Mills a Marxist?
While I engaged deeply with Marxist thought and drew upon its critiques of capitalism and class, I was not a dogmatic Marxist. I found certain aspects of Marxist theory to be outdated or inadequate for analyzing mid-20th-century American society, particularly its focus on a burgeoning proletariat. I sought to synthesize various theoretical traditions and apply them to concrete, empirical realities, always with a critical eye on power and the potential for human agency, rather than adhering strictly to a pre-defined ideological framework.
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