Introduction
This paper meets partial requirements for Sociology 1331 taken at the University of St, Thomas, Houston. This text mainly focuses on the famous C. Wright Mill’s book on the Sociological Imagination written in 1959. A classic work in the field of Sociology which addresses and critiques American sociology behaviors, actions and patterns of individuals. We as a whole class were asked to read this book during the fall semester of 2015 as a freshman in Dr. LaCarra’s Principles of Sociology course. I must admit the book itself was very challenging to read, however, I was excited to read a classic from the field. In addition, in Dr.LaCarra’s class we would discuss as a big group the key components of what C. Wright Mills was trying …show more content…
Wright Mills to describe the ability to “think yourself away from the familiar routines of everyday life” and look at them from an entirely new perspective. In order to develop such skills, you must be able to free yourself from one context and look at things from an alternative point of view. (Joachim Vogt Isaksen) Basically the best way to think of the Sociological Imagination is to see it as a whole new level of thinking in which we compare and contrast inner private selves with our public selves and from there on take a closer look at how these two are interdependent from one another. C. Wright Mills stated that 'It is the political task of the social scientist…to translate personal troubles into public issues. Therefore in order to better understand how personal troubles are connected to public issues, one must first fully understand that there is a connection between the public and the private. One must see the difference between what trouble is and what an issue …show more content…
To question habits or customs that are natural to our society. C. Wright Mills points out, that the sociological perspective is a way to make sense of the social logic. We as individuals think of this social world to make sense of ourselves in the public life and private inner self of us. Let's take into account that in society we are expected to act in a certain way, we put clothes on and we act socially acceptable because we have societal norms and social structure that maintain social order in a civilized society, otherwise there would be chaos. C.Wright Mills says there's an us as individuals and us in the social world. Our private self vs. public self might be very different from each other sort of like another version of ourselves in the way we behave, act and speak. For example an individual who is a very nice, loving man to his wife and calm at work might be a very different person while in a motor vehicle. By this, I am referring to road rage that some individuals experience in their
This paper meets partial requirements for Sociology 1331 taken at the University of St, Thomas, Houston. This text mainly focuses on the famous C. Wright Mill’s book on the Sociological Imagination written in 1959. A classic work in the field of Sociology which addresses and critiques American sociology behaviors, actions and patterns of individuals. We as a whole class were asked to read this book during the fall semester of 2015 as a freshman in Dr. LaCarra’s Principles of Sociology course. I must admit the book itself was very challenging to read, however, I was excited to read a classic from the field. In addition, in Dr.LaCarra’s class we would discuss as a big group the key components of what C. Wright Mills was trying …show more content…
Wright Mills to describe the ability to “think yourself away from the familiar routines of everyday life” and look at them from an entirely new perspective. In order to develop such skills, you must be able to free yourself from one context and look at things from an alternative point of view. (Joachim Vogt Isaksen) Basically the best way to think of the Sociological Imagination is to see it as a whole new level of thinking in which we compare and contrast inner private selves with our public selves and from there on take a closer look at how these two are interdependent from one another. C. Wright Mills stated that 'It is the political task of the social scientist…to translate personal troubles into public issues. Therefore in order to better understand how personal troubles are connected to public issues, one must first fully understand that there is a connection between the public and the private. One must see the difference between what trouble is and what an issue …show more content…
To question habits or customs that are natural to our society. C. Wright Mills points out, that the sociological perspective is a way to make sense of the social logic. We as individuals think of this social world to make sense of ourselves in the public life and private inner self of us. Let's take into account that in society we are expected to act in a certain way, we put clothes on and we act socially acceptable because we have societal norms and social structure that maintain social order in a civilized society, otherwise there would be chaos. C.Wright Mills says there's an us as individuals and us in the social world. Our private self vs. public self might be very different from each other sort of like another version of ourselves in the way we behave, act and speak. For example an individual who is a very nice, loving man to his wife and calm at work might be a very different person while in a motor vehicle. By this, I am referring to road rage that some individuals experience in their