SOCI 1003 : SOCI1003Q_Introduction to Sociological Perspectives-semester 1_Michael Mopas_Fall 2010( Entire Class Notes, Very Useful)
13 Mar 2012
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Studying sociology cannot be just a routine process of acquiring knowledge. Instead, we need to develop our sociological imagination (c. wright mills): The ability to see the relationship between individual experience and the larger society. The ability to put things in a wider context. Sociology teaches us to see the strange in the familiar . To see how seemingly personal troubles are related to larger social forces. To think ourselves away from the familiar routines of our daily lives in order to look at them anew. Apply your sociological imagination to the mundane act of drinking coffee. Pretend you are from another planet and have come down to earth to study the practice of drinking coffee. What could you learn about this uninteresting piece of behaviour by looking at it from a. Possesses symbolic value as part of our day-to-day social activities.
