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Lesson 5: Personal Troubles and Public Issues

Lesson 5: Personal Troubles and Public Issues SOCI 108 - Thinking Critically about Social Issues Spring 2012. The Sociological Imagination. C. Wright Mills used the term sociological imagination to describe the ability to look at issues from a sociological perspective.

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Lesson 5: Personal Troubles and Public Issues

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  1. Lesson 5: Personal Troubles and Public Issues SOCI 108 - Thinking Critically about Social IssuesSpring 2012

  2. The Sociological Imagination • C. Wright Mills used the term sociologicalimagination to describe the ability to look at issues from a sociological perspective. • Personal troubles versus public issues • Ex: unemployment, obesity

  3. The Sociological Perspective • Incorporates Mills’ notion of the sociological imagination  • The sociological perspective is a quality of the mind that allows us to understand the relationship between our particular situation in life and what is happening at a social level.

  4. The Sociological Perspective • When using a sociological perspective, one focuses on the social context in which people live and how that social context has an impact on individuals’ lives. • This is the essence of what sociology does.

  5. Using the Sociological Perspective • In small groups: • How would you explain the following social problems using the sociological imagination/perspective? • Obesity • Homelessness/Poverty • Unemployment • Marriage • The metropolis • War

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