SOC 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: The Sociological Imagination
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The further we go up, the better view we have to look at what is going on. Our goal is to look at our own lives as we are looking at them from above. Sociology: the systematic study of human society and social behavior, from large-scale institutions and mass culture to small groups and individual interactions. Key elements/ tenants of sociology: society creates reality, we can study society scientifically, cultures differ across time & space, individuals and society are inseparable. Us: more education means more $ you think you are entitled to earn. It"s a way we sanction inequality: institutions are inherently conservative. A quality of mind that will help (people) use info and develop reason in order to. Social imagination: the ability to connect individual lives to the historical forces that shape them. achieve lucid summations of what is going on in the world and what may be happening within themselves (c. wright miller)
