SOC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: The Sociological Imagination, Georg Simmel, Antipositivism
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Thinking like a sociologist means applying analytical tools to something you have always done without much conscious thought. Sociological imagination the ability to see the connections between our personal experience and the larger forces of history. Individual can understand his own experience and gauge his own fate only. Become aware of all the individuals in his circumstance (make our own by locating himself within his period personal lives typical of the period) Allows us to see the veneer of social life for what it is. Step outside the trap of rapid historical change in order to comprehend what is occurring in our world and the social foundations that may be shifting now. Grasp history and biography and the relations between the two within society. Ask ourselves what we take to be normal that actually isn"t. Money in the future is worth less than money in hand for two reasons: inflation, invest money today to make more money tomorrow.
