Examples Of Sociological Imagination
Sociological Imagination
Sociological Imagination is where biography and history meet. It is the ability to see the connections and differences between personal troubles and public issues. A personal trouble is a problem of one individual. A public issue is a problem among many people. One person losing their job is a personal trouble, but many people losing their job is a public issue. Personal troubles lead to public issues, and public issues lead to personal troubles.
You need both historical conditions and personal biography to understand someone's social location. Social location--a group that people are a part of because of their place in history or society. This is many times defined by a person's race, religion, social class, gender, etcetera. Someone from America is not going to have to the same social location as someone from Germany, because Germany’s history is much different from America’s.
Historical conditions shape my life everyday. I was born in America, which means I am surrounded by gross food. Pizza, hotdogs, french fries, cheeseburgers, hot wings, ice cream, macaroni, chocolate milk, etcetera. I do not eat any of these foods, but because of past relations and events, I am now able to eat food from all over the globe. Historical conditions also shape my life everyday because attend school …show more content…
Before becoming vegan I was a hunter. I shot animals for fun and ate them. I thought meat was healthy and that it was normal to kill animals. I no longer hunt because I have seen the emotion that animals have and how similar they are to humans, and because of this I became more passionate and sympathetic. Instead I joined to trap team, so i am still able to use my talent without stopping another beating heart. No longer wanting to eat meat is a personal issue, but the cruel meat industry is a social
Sociological Imagination is where biography and history meet. It is the ability to see the connections and differences between personal troubles and public issues. A personal trouble is a problem of one individual. A public issue is a problem among many people. One person losing their job is a personal trouble, but many people losing their job is a public issue. Personal troubles lead to public issues, and public issues lead to personal troubles.
You need both historical conditions and personal biography to understand someone's social location. Social location--a group that people are a part of because of their place in history or society. This is many times defined by a person's race, religion, social class, gender, etcetera. Someone from America is not going to have to the same social location as someone from Germany, because Germany’s history is much different from America’s.
Historical conditions shape my life everyday. I was born in America, which means I am surrounded by gross food. Pizza, hotdogs, french fries, cheeseburgers, hot wings, ice cream, macaroni, chocolate milk, etcetera. I do not eat any of these foods, but because of past relations and events, I am now able to eat food from all over the globe. Historical conditions also shape my life everyday because attend school …show more content…
Before becoming vegan I was a hunter. I shot animals for fun and ate them. I thought meat was healthy and that it was normal to kill animals. I no longer hunt because I have seen the emotion that animals have and how similar they are to humans, and because of this I became more passionate and sympathetic. Instead I joined to trap team, so i am still able to use my talent without stopping another beating heart. No longer wanting to eat meat is a personal issue, but the cruel meat industry is a social