: Social imagination and the Social perspectives:
: Social imagination and the Social perspectives:
The concept “sociological imagination’ was introduced by C.Wright Mills in 1959 The sociological imagination is a concept of being able to think ourselves away from the familiar routines of our daily lives in order to look at them in a different & a more wider perspective.
Mills defined sociological imagination as “the vivid awareness of the relationship between experience and the wider society.”
To have a sociological imagination, a person must be able to pull away from the situation and think from an alternative point of view.
POPULAR SOCIAL SCIENCE. 2013. The Sociological Imagination: Thinking Outside the Box. [online] Available at: http://www.popularsocialscience.com/2013/04/29/the-sociological-imagination-thinking-outside-the-box/ [Accessed: 1 Nov 2013].
There is a Historical component to the sociological imagination too, you cannot apply the same concepts to one era when talking about another, you have to understand the behavior within the relevant time period you are studying. (Crossman, 2013)
Another way of describing sociological imagination is the understanding that social outcomes are shaped by social context, actors, and social actions.
Sociological imagination can also be considered as the capacity to see things socially, how they interact, and influence each other. Sociological imagination also plays a central role in the sociological perspective.
Sociologists look at events from a holistic, or multidimensional, perspective. Using sociological imagination, they examine both personal and social forces when explaining any phenomenon.
Crossman, A. 2013. The Sociological Imagination. [online] Available at: http://sociology.about.com/od/Works/a/Sociological-Imagination.htm [Accessed: 1 Nov 2013].
Equals: The Sociological Imagination
Think Like a sociologist:
The ability to see things socially and how things interact and influence each other. Not an individualistic view!
Put aside
The concept “sociological imagination’ was introduced by C.Wright Mills in 1959 The sociological imagination is a concept of being able to think ourselves away from the familiar routines of our daily lives in order to look at them in a different & a more wider perspective.
Mills defined sociological imagination as “the vivid awareness of the relationship between experience and the wider society.”
To have a sociological imagination, a person must be able to pull away from the situation and think from an alternative point of view.
POPULAR SOCIAL SCIENCE. 2013. The Sociological Imagination: Thinking Outside the Box. [online] Available at: http://www.popularsocialscience.com/2013/04/29/the-sociological-imagination-thinking-outside-the-box/ [Accessed: 1 Nov 2013].
There is a Historical component to the sociological imagination too, you cannot apply the same concepts to one era when talking about another, you have to understand the behavior within the relevant time period you are studying. (Crossman, 2013)
Another way of describing sociological imagination is the understanding that social outcomes are shaped by social context, actors, and social actions.
Sociological imagination can also be considered as the capacity to see things socially, how they interact, and influence each other. Sociological imagination also plays a central role in the sociological perspective.
Sociologists look at events from a holistic, or multidimensional, perspective. Using sociological imagination, they examine both personal and social forces when explaining any phenomenon.
Crossman, A. 2013. The Sociological Imagination. [online] Available at: http://sociology.about.com/od/Works/a/Sociological-Imagination.htm [Accessed: 1 Nov 2013].
Equals: The Sociological Imagination
Think Like a sociologist:
The ability to see things socially and how things interact and influence each other. Not an individualistic view!
Put aside