sociological imagination
In 1959 the term sociological imagination was coined by the American sociologist named C Wright Mills. He described the type of insight offered by the discipline of sociology. Mills argued that sociological imagination is the vivid awareness of the relationship between experience and wider society. In other words he believe that society is the cause of poverty and other social ills and not peoples personal failings. The social imagination involves a lot of understanding that social outcomes are influenced by culture, history, actors and other social actions. As such, the sociological imagination is the “capacity to shift from one perspective to another .He believed it would make people use sociological imagination to connect personal problems to public health issues rather than from personal experience. I agree with Mills, there is an historic component to the sociological imagination. The time period in which some people may live in have a different expectation or behaviors than the one were in now. For example back then women didn’t have jobs their job was to stay home and cook or clean while there husband went to work. This has a huge factor on today’s society. Women think they’re not good enough to receive higher positions because of their gender.
Women today have the mindset that they can’t do certain things because of their history back then. A women wouldn’t run for president because they probably think they’re not bright enough and only men is eligible for this job.is is were sociological imagination come in .society plays a huge role into the actions of a women. I believe I’m not working hard enough to meet the ends in need to meet that’s why I struggle.so by knowing that I’m not meeting it I work two jobs seven days of week.
Now that I come to the understanding of social imagination I look at it from a different perspective. I ask myself “what is going on in this structure that is contributing to the problems so the sociologically allows me to get
Women today have the mindset that they can’t do certain things because of their history back then. A women wouldn’t run for president because they probably think they’re not bright enough and only men is eligible for this job.is is were sociological imagination come in .society plays a huge role into the actions of a women. I believe I’m not working hard enough to meet the ends in need to meet that’s why I struggle.so by knowing that I’m not meeting it I work two jobs seven days of week.
Now that I come to the understanding of social imagination I look at it from a different perspective. I ask myself “what is going on in this structure that is contributing to the problems so the sociologically allows me to get