Sociological Imagination: Understanding The Social World

I enjoyed reading your discussion answer. I realized that sociological imagination gives us a framework for understanding our social world that far surpasses any common sense idea we might get from our limited social experiences. The real power of the sociological imagination is found in how we learn to distinguish between the personal and social levels in our own lives. Once we do, we can make personal choices that serve us best, given the larger social forces that we face. Most important, people often do not understand the degree to which their lives are affected by things that are external to them and outside their