SOCY 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Patricia Hill Collins, The Sociological Imagination, Social Inequality
4 Mar 2016
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Intro to sociology: wright mills" piece titled the promise , introduces the concept of the sociological imagination. The sociological imagination combines the intersection of history and one"s own life experiences in order to develop and explain the relationship between both of them in society. Mills explains how in order develop perspectives on the world, one needs both an understanding of the history of society as well as an understanding of one"s own life experiences. Mills emphasizes the importance of questioning different aspects of society, such as the overall structure of society, how it is changing within the realm of human history, and who is able to prevail in it. This last question leads to the idea of social inequality in society, and how some people get by in society at a more advantageous or disadvantageous position than others, due to multiple factors. One of the other readings from this week titled, systems of power and.
