Sociological Imagination

Sociological Imagination - The ability to see how the seemingly personal, intimate aspects of ones life are connected to broader, social and historical conditions. The ability to connect personal troubles to the condition of ones society. The concept is visible in the work of many classical and contemporary sociologists, but the term itself is credited to C. Wright Mills.

Society is the sum total of a number of forces—political, economic, psychological, and more. Society shapes our attitudes, choices, and preferences. This means that personal problems all have social roots; so improving people’s lives clearly requires social solutions. Watch Macat’s short video for a great introduction to C. Wright Mills’s The Sociological Imagination, one of the most important sociology books ever written.

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Basic definitions of Sociology and the Sociological Imagination

The Sociological Imagination enables us to grasp history and biography and the relations between the two within society. That is it's task and it's promise. -C Wright Mills, _The Sociological Imagination_ , page 6

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Mills explores why theory is important to our understanding of society. He explains the concept of the Sociological Imagination-- his idea that sociologists needed to be critical and skeptical of the bureaucratization of sociological research. He sets forth a sense of what it means to be an intellectual scientist.

Applying the sociological imagination to issues like eating disorders and attending BYU-Idaho

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In this Paradox Animation, Dalton Conley defines the sociological imagination and explains how to think like a sociologist.

This video lecture examines the idea of the sociological imagination being about seeing the relationship between private troubles and public issues, as argued by the famous American sociologist, C. Wright Mills.

A short documentary on C. Wright Mills life, theories, accomplishments, and impacts on society.

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Conflict theory observes how the unrest in a society will cause it to change and evolve to relieve the tension.

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Sociologo norteamericano (1916-1962). Estudió la división de la sociedad norteamericana en clases opresoras y oprimidas.
Pequeño documental con su recorrido biográfico, académico y bibliográfico. Algunos libros no mencionados en el documental son: Otros trabajos importantes incluyen: The Causes of World War Three (1958), Escucha Yanqui: la Revolución en Cuba (1960), y Los Marxistas (1962). En latinoamérica también es recordado por su sincero apoyo a las luchas populares y de liberación.

Hi! My name is Farah Natasha from Montana. This video is just a short, SUPER casual video of me talking about Sociological Imagination as well as relating 2 major events that happened in the year that I was born which was in 1997. Which 2 major events did I choose? Watch to find out ;)

What is Sociology and why should we study it? This short video from Macat explains how the subject has developed over the years and introduces some of the key ideas and major thinkers who have helped to shape it in only a few minutes.

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C. Wright Mills was a professor of sociology at Columbia University in the 1950's. In time I will review many of his books, including; The Sociological Imagination, White Collar, The Power Elite, The Marxists, The Causes of World War III, Character and Social Structure among others. In The Sociological Imagination, Mills draws a distinction between personal troubles and public issues within society. One needs to understand the intersections of history (& the social sciences) and the individual biography to understand and distinguish between personal troubles and public issues that cannot be solved by any one man.

Dr Sarah Maltby, lecturer in Sociology at City University London, talks about the relevance of a sociology degree to the workplace and our everyday lives

Now that we have discussed some social theory- what exactly is the purpose of it all?

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Are men and women different? What are the causes to the roots of social evils? Why is a solution to racism the need of the hour? Why dominates social values a respect and status in the society? All these situations count under sociology. However, on a broader stage, sociology deals with the study of human society, their culture, norms, relationships and values on a group level.
Sociology is a field of study that aims at providing knowledge about the social order, social disorder and the social changes existing in the society. It is an illuminating field that provides insight to people's lives and the matters on an intrapersonal level.
The knowledge that a sociology student develops through his/ her degree could be used in various fields of interests. Following are a few to name:
• International aid/development worker
• Youth worker
• Social researcher
• Social worker
• Advice worker
• Community development worker
• Further education lecturer

A list of places where a brilliant sociology student can use his/ her degrees to the most are:

• Human resources officer
• Probation officer
• Public relations officer
• Charity fundraiser
• Housing manager/officer

Employers in the sociology department get themselves employed in the following areas of interests:

• education authorities
• further and higher education
• Charitable, counseling and voluntary organizations
• local and central government
• industry
• commerce
• the NHS
• civil service

Following is how a CV of a sociology student should look like and must cover all the areas mentioned below:

• knowledge and understanding of research methods, analysis and statistical techniques
• developing opinions and new ideas on societal issues
• relating sociological knowledge to social, public and civic policy
• the ability to understand, scrutinize and re-assess common perceptions of the social world
• making reasoned arguments
• appreciating the complexity and diversity of social situations
• Organizing work and meeting deadlines
• working collaboratively
• researching, judging and evaluating complex information
• applying sociological theory to society's organizations, including schools, hospitals and offices

A post grad degree in the mentioned subject allows the students to provide an insight to the career mentioned at a broader level. Following are the areas in which a sociology student can attain his/ her master's degree:

• social work
• counseling
• community education
• teaching
• law
• information management

A list of universities that provide sociology as a subject to master in:

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City – Aalo , Along (West Siang Dist.) - 791001


Don Bosco College, Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh)

P. B. 191,Jollang village , Itanagar (Papum Pare Dist.) - 791111


North East Frontier Technical University : Faculty of Arts, Along (Arunachal Pradesh)

Sibu-Poyi , Along (West Siang Dist.) - 791001


Himalayan University : Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh)
Chimpu, Near Arunachal Pradesh Forest Corporation, Guest House, Gohpur Tinali , Itanagar (Papum Pare Dist.) – 791111



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In the early 1960, Eisenhower spoke to the citizens of the US, warning us about the Military-Industrial Complex. Mills, a conflict theorist, theorized about the role of the power elite with regard to politics and control over society.

This video focuses on the concept of alienation and its four different types as described by Karl Marx. The four different types are:
Alienation from the Product
Alienation from the Process
Alienation from Others
Alienation from Self
Additionally, the video gives a brief explanation of the two social classes as defined by Marx- the Bourgeoisie and the Proletariat. The idea of a bread maker versus working in a bread factory is used to illustrate this idea. Further explanation of this concept can be found on pages 82-83 in Sociology 2e by OpenStax College.

Selections from Laci Green's videos for my Sociology Imagination Project

How can an academic discipline like Sociology be life changing? This talk suggests one way by exploring how sociologists teach us to re-imagine our personal problems and ourselves. In the end, we learn that even in our most private and seemingly isolated moments, we may be more connected to others than we realize.

His unique ability to connect with students along with his innovative use of technology in the classroom makes Sam Richards a very popular Sociology professor in the United States. Every semester over 750 students at Penn State University take his class on race and ethnic relations, the largest course on this subject in the world. He creates an active learning space where he addresses with humor and courage the very questions that most of us choose to avoid. Sam is also a co-founder of Penn State's World in Conversation Center. Every year, thousands of students from around the world participate in the Center's mission to bring conflict into collaboration through peer-facilitated dialogue.

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Sociological thinking
Examples & origins of common sense/naturalistic thinking
Private troubles/public issues
Sociology a new approach (3rd edition)
Haralambos, Smith, O’Gorman, Heald
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The study of human behaviour
is not unique to sociology
What makes sociology
distinctive is not what is studied
but how it is studied
Most of us will be familiar with
‘common sense’ answers to
social questions and may rely on a number of non-sociological ways of thinking
Marriage
Naturalistic (common
sense) explanation: It is
only natural that a man and
woman should live together
for life because they fall in
love and want to raise children
Sociological explanation: Monogamy (one woman and one man) is only one form of mating. Mating patterns depend on a variety of economic and social factors. Marriage is a human institution.
The domestic role of women
Naturalistic (common sense)
explanation: Women raise
children because this satisfies
maternal instincts, and the
children’s need for a mother
Sociological explanation:
Ideals concerning
domesticity and
femininity
confine women to the
home
Individualistic explanation
(common sense): The most
individual of all acts,
committed by a person
who is unhappy or mentally ill
Sociological explanation:
Suicide is socially patterned.
Suicide is governed primarily
by social factors such as
religion, family and marriage patterns, and not by individual factors
Private troubles/public issues
When starting to think sociologically, it is
important to try and start by asking the right
questions. To do this, we need to employ
what Mills called ‘the Sociological
Imagination’.
If one person is unemployed, Mills argued that this
was a personal problem, and for that person, a
trouble. As long as there are jobs available, we look
to character or training for an explanation. But,
when a large proportion of a nation's labour force is
unemployed, it is impossible to explain this in terms
of individuals.

McDonaldization is a concept written by George Ritzer in his 1993 book The McDonaldization of Society. There are four primary elements that comprise McDonaldization:
Efficiency- finding the best or optimum means to an end.
Calculability- The focus on quantity over quality.
Predictability- Knowing what you are getting from one place to the next.
Control- The focus on non-human control through technology.

Ritzer believed it leads to a deskilling of the workforce. Why have a human do it if a computer can do it efficiently, calculably and predictably every time? Of course, this is meant to be the most rationale system of operation although it might be more irrational. Further examination of McDonaldization can be found on pages 127-128 in Sociology 2e by OpenStax College.

This video discusses the definition of sociology as defined by the American Sociological Association and gives examples of different social institutions. The example used in this video describes two seemingly similar students with very different outcomes in their post-secondary educational experiences and uses the concept of the sociological imagination to understand the impact of social structures on the individual.

Watch this video as a foundation to your understanding of the discipline. Further information on the foundation of sociology can be found in Chapter 1 in Sociology 2e by OpenStax College.

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According to Pierre Bourdieu, cultural capital is the cultural knowledge that serves as the currency that helps us navigate a culture and alters our experiences and the opportunities available to us. This theory focuses on the embodied, objectified and institutionalized states of capital and is significantly important in assisting us in understanding inequality in education and other social structures. Further explanation of cultural capital can be found on page 365 of the Sociology 2e text by OpenStax College.

An overview of functionalism, conflict theory, social constructionism, and symbolic interactionism to help you keep them all straight.

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A brief introduction to the three most classic sociological theories: Conflict Theory, Structural Functionalism, and Symbolic Interactionism.

This video examines the basic scientific method using the six steps as described in Sociology 2E (OpenStax), pages 31-33.There are six steps to the scientific method:
1. Ask a Question
2. Research existing sources
3. Formulate a Hypothesis
4. Design and Conduct a Study
5. Draw Conclusions
6. Report Results

Understanding the scientific method helps us distinguish sociology from common sense and gives us an insightful picture into how we experience things in groups.

This is an assignment for Sociology, where we are acquired to create a video about sociological imagination. So here's a video of me, explaining what it is, and how it affect the two events that occurred in my birth month. With a twist. ;)

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A brief presentation on The Sociological Imagination as well as the Mills' views on the writing craft. This video presentation is from Macro Social Theory, by Frank W. Elwell. This book focuses on the macro social theory of Marx, Durkheim, Weber, Malthus, and Spencer as well as contemporary expressions of these classics. The contemporary theorists covered include Harry Braverman, John Bellamy Foster, Robert K. Merton, Robert Nisbet, Neil Postman, Norbert Elias, George Ritzer, Gerhard Lenski, Stephen Sanderson, Stjepan Mestrovic, C. Wright Mills, Ester Boserup, and Immanuel Wallerstein.

A Sociological perspective project that examines the issue of smoking in several countries including Taiwan, Nigeria, Germany, and the US. We analyze smoking as it relates to culture, and ask if smoking is considered a deviant act or not.

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