SOC 103 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Class Consciousness, Thomas Theorem, Friedrich Engels
10 Oct 2012
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Sociology: systematic study of human groups and their interactions. Sociological perspective: a view of society based on the dynamic relationship between individuals and the larger social network in which we all live. Suggests that individual challenges are influenced by understanding the larger social forces and affects a person"s ability to understand and resolve them. Social issues: challenges caused by larger social factors that require collective solutions. Personal troubles: personal challenges that require individual solutions. Quality of mind: ability to view personal circumstance within a social context. Social imagination: ability to perceive how dynamic social forces influence individual lives. Involves stepping outside your own condition and looking at yourself from a new perspective. Internal reflection requires us to think about ourselves differently and by doing so, become more informed about the social forces that have come together to make us who we are.
