SYG 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: The Sociological Imagination, Social Forces
8 Apr 2017
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Grey textbook articles will need to be read for the discussions on wednesdays. Final- online on canvas, questions from quizzes, 25 multiple choice. No power points online, take notes in class. Recognizes how large scale social forces influence our individual lives. Connect our personal biographies (lives) to larger forces of history . Helps us take the role of the other (aka empathy) Everyday thoughts and actions are the product of massive social forces and personal characteristics. The sociological imagination is the ability to see the impact of social forces on our private lives. Our lives lie at the intersection between personal biography and societal history . Sociologists try to understand the phenomena that shape us. Sociological imagination- ability to see the impact of social forces on our private lives.
