SOC 1 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: The Sociological Imagination, Social Forces, Metaphysics
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It is the way of seeing the relationship between personal troubles and public issues. It enables its possessor to understand the larger historical scene in terms of its meaning for the inner life and the external career of a variety of individuals. - mills. The sociological imagination is the capacity to range from the most impersonal and remote transformations to the most intimate features of the human self and to see the relations between the two. You think there is something wrong with the world, but you can"t pinpoint exactly. The matrix is always there but it is not everything that"s controlling our lives. Results from being manipulated, blind drift, the person in power is often not explicit because they don"t feel the need to justify their power. Realizing your place and position in society, makes you feel trapped.
