Summary Of Nice Post By C. Wright Mills
Nice post! Are you aware of how your personal situation is linked to the forces of history and the society you live in? The sociological imagination is a concept used by the American sociologist C. Wright Mills (2008) 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. You did a good job of doing this, I look forward to hearing more from you in this course!
Good post! When we talk about sociological perspective, there’s lots of different paths that our mind can go down. Imagine that you were born 500 years ago, in …show more content…
You could also imagine that you were a child living in Indonesia today. There would be a great chance that you were forced to work as a child laborer at a fish factory. The tasks involved would include catching, sorting and boiling fish. During the twelve-hour workday you would have to haul gigantic nets in the boat under very poor working conditions. Mills (the American sociologist) thought that sociology can show us that society – not our own failings – is responsible for many of our problems. He argued that one of the main tasks of sociology was to transform personal problems into public and political issues. Do you agree with this thought? Not a question you have to answer just something to get you …show more content…
As you learn more and more about sociology and how to use your sociological imagination, keep an eye out for the many everyday items that cross your path. You can use those items to know more about our society. For example, a following two-sided laminated flyer came my way a few days ago, thanks to a good friend who received it in her mailbox. One side is bold, red, white, and blue, announcing “College Men” who can move your stuff. They are friendly, use tools and trucks, and “customers prefer us 1 billion times more than the other guys.”
The “College Men” flyer invokes higher social class and educational esteem. This also might make people want to support these men in reaching their goals while they do this physical work to support their education, presumably so they no longer need to do physical labor. Calling themselves “College Men” might also evoke a sense of responsibility and work ethic. (Are the employees really college men? We can’t be sure.) There are tons of advertisements that we see every day, hopefully after this course you will be able to see advertisements in a different
Good post! When we talk about sociological perspective, there’s lots of different paths that our mind can go down. Imagine that you were born 500 years ago, in …show more content…
You could also imagine that you were a child living in Indonesia today. There would be a great chance that you were forced to work as a child laborer at a fish factory. The tasks involved would include catching, sorting and boiling fish. During the twelve-hour workday you would have to haul gigantic nets in the boat under very poor working conditions. Mills (the American sociologist) thought that sociology can show us that society – not our own failings – is responsible for many of our problems. He argued that one of the main tasks of sociology was to transform personal problems into public and political issues. Do you agree with this thought? Not a question you have to answer just something to get you …show more content…
As you learn more and more about sociology and how to use your sociological imagination, keep an eye out for the many everyday items that cross your path. You can use those items to know more about our society. For example, a following two-sided laminated flyer came my way a few days ago, thanks to a good friend who received it in her mailbox. One side is bold, red, white, and blue, announcing “College Men” who can move your stuff. They are friendly, use tools and trucks, and “customers prefer us 1 billion times more than the other guys.”
The “College Men” flyer invokes higher social class and educational esteem. This also might make people want to support these men in reaching their goals while they do this physical work to support their education, presumably so they no longer need to do physical labor. Calling themselves “College Men” might also evoke a sense of responsibility and work ethic. (Are the employees really college men? We can’t be sure.) There are tons of advertisements that we see every day, hopefully after this course you will be able to see advertisements in a different