Ravelli Chapter 1-2
Understanding the
Sociological Imagination
From Chapter 1 of Sociology for Everyone, Canadian 1/e. Bruce Ravelli. Michelle Webber. John Patterson.
Copyright © 2011 by Pearson Canada. All rights reserved.
Understanding the
Sociological Imagination
module 1
THE SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION
module 4
THEORIES
CHARLES WRIGHT MILLS AND THE SOCIOLOGICAL
IMAGINATION
WESTERN MARXISM AND GRAMSCI’S CONCEPT
PETER BERGER’S VIEW OF THE SOCIOLOGICAL
PERSPECTIVE
SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION
THE ORIGINS OF SOCIOLOGY
THREE REVOLUTIONS: THE RISE OF
SOCIOLOGY
THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIOLOGY
SOCIOLOGY IN CANADA
SOCIOLOGY AND ITS CLASSICAL
THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS
FUNCTIONALISM
CONFLICT THEORY
SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONISM
2
POST-STRUCTURALISM
SOCIOLOGY IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
SUMMARY
KEY TERMS
TEST YOURSELF
CONCEPT MAPS
FROM EUROPE TO NORTH AMERICA:
module 3
OF HEGEMONY
FEMINIST THEORIES
WHAT MAKES YOU, YOU? ENGAGING THE
module 2
CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL
Leland Bobbe/Getty Images
A Day in the Life: Seeing the World Like a Sociologist
To a sociologist, everything people do is fascinating. Have you ever waited in line for a movie and watched the people around you? One night, you notice two people who are obviously smitten with each other holding hands. A few minutes later, you see some young men push through the line in front of the couple and snarl
“fags” as they walk by. You think to yourself, “Why are some people so offended by seeing two people show that they care for each other?” Hurtful.
Have you ever driven by homeless people and wondered how they got there and why they do not get jobs? Challenging.
Have you ever walked by an elementary school in the winter and seen a young boy chasing a girl with a handful of snow, yelling that she needs a “face wash”? You cannot help but chuckle as you notice the young girl scream with a huge smile on her face. You remember that boys and girls at that age show who
they
Sociological Imagination
From Chapter 1 of Sociology for Everyone, Canadian 1/e. Bruce Ravelli. Michelle Webber. John Patterson.
Copyright © 2011 by Pearson Canada. All rights reserved.
Understanding the
Sociological Imagination
module 1
THE SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION
module 4
THEORIES
CHARLES WRIGHT MILLS AND THE SOCIOLOGICAL
IMAGINATION
WESTERN MARXISM AND GRAMSCI’S CONCEPT
PETER BERGER’S VIEW OF THE SOCIOLOGICAL
PERSPECTIVE
SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION
THE ORIGINS OF SOCIOLOGY
THREE REVOLUTIONS: THE RISE OF
SOCIOLOGY
THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIOLOGY
SOCIOLOGY IN CANADA
SOCIOLOGY AND ITS CLASSICAL
THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS
FUNCTIONALISM
CONFLICT THEORY
SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONISM
2
POST-STRUCTURALISM
SOCIOLOGY IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
SUMMARY
KEY TERMS
TEST YOURSELF
CONCEPT MAPS
FROM EUROPE TO NORTH AMERICA:
module 3
OF HEGEMONY
FEMINIST THEORIES
WHAT MAKES YOU, YOU? ENGAGING THE
module 2
CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL
Leland Bobbe/Getty Images
A Day in the Life: Seeing the World Like a Sociologist
To a sociologist, everything people do is fascinating. Have you ever waited in line for a movie and watched the people around you? One night, you notice two people who are obviously smitten with each other holding hands. A few minutes later, you see some young men push through the line in front of the couple and snarl
“fags” as they walk by. You think to yourself, “Why are some people so offended by seeing two people show that they care for each other?” Hurtful.
Have you ever driven by homeless people and wondered how they got there and why they do not get jobs? Challenging.
Have you ever walked by an elementary school in the winter and seen a young boy chasing a girl with a handful of snow, yelling that she needs a “face wash”? You cannot help but chuckle as you notice the young girl scream with a huge smile on her face. You remember that boys and girls at that age show who
they