Assignment 1
To have a sociologic perspective one must have a sociological imagination. A sociological imagination is a very complex perspective. There are so many factors that go into a sociological imagination that it cannot be summed up easily in one sentence. A sociological imagination takes history, social factors, personal factors, and social constructs into account. Each of these four things have many layers to take into account when explaining a sociological imagination.
One of these factors is that you must understand the difference between a personal trouble and a societal issue. Take Jimmy for example, if Jimmy losses his job because he would slack off during his shifts and would call in because he didn’t feel like it. Jimmy would then have a personal trouble because he caused himself to get fired through his …show more content…
For example, the prohibition in the 1920s and 1930s. Prohibition was a nationwide movement that was an attempt to cure alcoholism by banning the selling and trading of all forms of alcohol across the entire united states. While there is some speculation on whether the goal of lessening alcoholism was successful, prohibition overall was a fail. When prohibition was in effect crime rate and social drinking rose dramatically. Drinking became the hip thing to do after the bans because it crated speakeasys that people wanted to socialize in. Society created a social issue of high crime rates because of the need to socialize. This is very like the gun control debate going on currently. One could use how society reacted to prohibition as a driving force for why banning fire arms could be dangerous. That the people who want guns/alcohol are going to get them regardless of laws. Prohibition is a prime example of what happens when you outright ban a good. This is just one of the main examples that we can use to predict changes in sociologic
To have a sociologic perspective one must have a sociological imagination. A sociological imagination is a very complex perspective. There are so many factors that go into a sociological imagination that it cannot be summed up easily in one sentence. A sociological imagination takes history, social factors, personal factors, and social constructs into account. Each of these four things have many layers to take into account when explaining a sociological imagination.
One of these factors is that you must understand the difference between a personal trouble and a societal issue. Take Jimmy for example, if Jimmy losses his job because he would slack off during his shifts and would call in because he didn’t feel like it. Jimmy would then have a personal trouble because he caused himself to get fired through his …show more content…
For example, the prohibition in the 1920s and 1930s. Prohibition was a nationwide movement that was an attempt to cure alcoholism by banning the selling and trading of all forms of alcohol across the entire united states. While there is some speculation on whether the goal of lessening alcoholism was successful, prohibition overall was a fail. When prohibition was in effect crime rate and social drinking rose dramatically. Drinking became the hip thing to do after the bans because it crated speakeasys that people wanted to socialize in. Society created a social issue of high crime rates because of the need to socialize. This is very like the gun control debate going on currently. One could use how society reacted to prohibition as a driving force for why banning fire arms could be dangerous. That the people who want guns/alcohol are going to get them regardless of laws. Prohibition is a prime example of what happens when you outright ban a good. This is just one of the main examples that we can use to predict changes in sociologic