SOCI 100A Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: The Sociological Imagination
2 Nov 2016
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Sociologists use the sociological imagination to improve the quality of mind (make sure you know this at the top of your head) Its the ability to step outside your socialization and see yourself in a new perspective. Berger talked about the general and the particular. All those concepts that mills highlights are like berger. Particular: something you observe, something particular to you. Mills says at some point shades of grey help you see things differently in your life, but also in relation to the wider world. Mills wrote a quote, and when he was writing this people thought it was related to religion: but it was related to trauma. Whatever gets you in the situation can make you see shades of grey. Issues: troubles of a larger group make up issues and need to be addressed collective. They can all be related to the bigger picture. They lack the quality of mind to see the.
