Sociological Imagination By C. Wright Mills

C. Wright Mills was an American Sociologist, who published a book titled, "Sociological Imagination" in which he introduced a new perspective. Sociological Imagination is also the term he used to enable people to understand the link between history and biography. Sociological Imagination is a way of thinking outside the box; a person must see beyond personal trouble and see it in a larger political, social, economic issues that affect his or her life, and the lives of others in the society. Some examples of using the Sociological Imagination: a person is being denied with basic health care insurance because she's overweight, one couple files for bankruptcy because of accumulating co-pays and a young girl is not approved to obtain a student loan because she has cancer. These individual problems are intertwine to a bigger social issues. However, in able to grasp the broad idea of Sociological Imagination, a person must know what Sociology is and what Sociologist do.
Sociology provides a perspective view of the world; an understanding of reality. "The fascination of sociology lies in the fact that its perspective makes us see in a new light the very world in which we have lived all our lives. This also constitutes a transformation of consciousness (Invitation to Sociology, Peter L. Berger, 21) Sociology stresses social context in which people live. Sociologist is a person who studies society, meaning any group of people that share a culture and country. Furthermore, a sociologist has to choose a particular group in the society, and examine how their individual behavior is being influenced by the larger social