SOCI 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Time Management, Identity Politics, Peer Pressure
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Sociology - different series of perspectives on how the world operates. Two mindsets about the world: truth (everything is black or white; no in-between) and relativity (it"s all on a spectrum; nuanced) Modernity : we"ve become a more modern planet; increased progress, They definitely developed over the course of human history, but the only discipline that comes close to answering this is evolutionary psychology - and even that only has theories. Does everyone play an equal role?) and how language and society undergo changes with time. Written by charles wright mills in 1959. Argues that individuals must understand two things: personal troubles (biography) and public issues (history). Our ability to turn on sociological imagination determines comprehension of our own experiences. This ability refers to putting oneself in a larger context, not that the context itself is imaginary. It refers to being creative in terms of thinking outside oneself.
