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The Sociological Imagination

The Sociological Imagination. The Forest or the Trees. Sociology v. Common Sense. Does absence make the heart grow fonder?. Or…. Out of Sight; out of mind?. Do…. Birds of a feather flock together?. Or…. Opposites attract?. Problems: .

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The Sociological Imagination

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  1. The Sociological Imagination

  2. The Forest or the Trees

  3. Sociology v. Common Sense • Does absence make the heart grow fonder?

  4. Or…. • Out of Sight; out of mind?

  5. Do… • Birds of a feather flock together?

  6. Or… • Opposites attract?

  7. Problems: • “What ordinary men are directly aware of and what they try to do are bounded by the private orbits in which they live; their visions and their powers are limited to the close up scenes of job, family, neighborhood; in other milieu, they move vicariously and remain spectators.” C. Wright Mills The Sociological Imagination

  8. What is the Sociological Imagination? • Allows us to see the relationship between the individual and society • Ability to stretch your imagination to things you may have not directly experienced or to more abstract concepts • “Verstehen”

  9. Benefits of Sociology • Helps overcome short-sightedness • Leads to “de-bunking” of faulty information • Allows us to see opportunities and constraints in our lives • Allows us to be active participants in our world • Allows us to live in a diverse in changing world

  10. Example: • Suicide • Emile Durkheim • Egoistic • Altruistic • Anomic • Fatalistic

  11. Led to… • Social Facts • External to the individual • Have coercive power of the individual • Transcend time

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