Charles Wright Mills Quote on Celebrity and Social Hierarchy

„In the world of the celebrity, the hierarchy of publicity has replaced the hierarchy of descent and even of great wealth.“

Charles Wright MillsCharles Wright Mills describes how in the world of celebrities, fame surpasses social origin and wealth.
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Charles Wright Mills was an American sociologist who examined modern societies and the role of intellectuals.

This quote by Charles Wright Mills addresses the societal shift from social origin to public celebrity status.


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Charles Wright Mills (1916–1962) was an American sociologist. His work examined postwar societies and the interaction of political, military, and economic elites. His best-known works include “The Power Elite,” “White Collar: The American Middle Classes,” and “The Sociological Imagination.”

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"Power is not of a man. Wealth does not center in the person of the wealthy. Celebrity is not inherent in any personality. To be celebrated, to be wealthy, to have power requires access to major institutions." Charles Wright Mills
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"The professional celebrity, male and female, is the crowning result of the star system of a society that makes a fetish of competition. In America, this system is carried to the point where a man who can knock a small white ball into a series of holes in the ground with more efficiency than anyone else thereby gains social access to the President of the United States." Charles Wright Mills
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"Prestige is the shadow of money and power. Where these are, there it is. Like the national market for soap or automobiles and the enlarged arena of federal power, the national cash-in area for prestige has grown, slowly being consolidated into a truly national system." Charles Wright Mills
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"[T]here seems to have been an actual decline in rational thinking. The United States had become a place where entertainers and professional athletes were mistaken for people of importance. They were idolized and treated as leaders; their opinions were sought on everything and they took themselves just as seriously-after all, if an athlete is paid a million or more a year, he knows he is important ... so his opinions of foreign affairs and domestic policies must be important, too, even though he proves himself to be ignorant and subliterate every time he opens his mouth." Robert A. Heinlein
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