Sociology 1020 Lecture : Tutorial Text and Reader.doc
17 Apr 2013
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Sociological imagination is required to understand how society operated at given point in time and massive changes society has undergone over past century or so shift to one perspective to another. Macro-sociology: focus on organization and structure of society. Life of individual is imbedded within history of society problem: societal changes are taking place faster than ability of people to comprehend and adapt to those changes (future shock, cultural lag. ) Solution: sociological imagination: individuals no longer see themselves as apart from history and society, but shaped by them. Consists of ability to understand larger historical scenes in terms of its meaning for inner life and external career of variety of individuals . Social-psychological: understanding of how social structure and changes in that structure affect psychology of individuals. Graphs history and biography and theirs relationship between the 2, within society. Biography: account of the series of events making up a person"s life.
