Task: Text Categorization
Input (English): of this thinker's works analyze what he dubs "the symbol sphere. " In one book, he compares that construct to the "status sphere," which is itself similar to a prior writer's idea of "stratification. " He put forth the idea that "role" connects the individual personality to the "orders" of society in that book, which he co-wrote with Hans Gerth. This author of (*) Character and Social Structure claimed that the "military metaphysic" and a "permanent war economy" were characteristics of the title group of another book. He blamed bureaucracy for stripping decision-making power from the middle classes. He also wrote pro-Communist works such as The Causes of World War Three and Listen, Yankee. For 10 points, name this author of The Sociological Imagination, White Collar, and The Power Elite, a 1950s American sociologist.
Output (English): Social Science