Imagination In The Sociological Imagination

Sociological imagination commonly also referred to as the sociological perspective is defined more clearly as issues that are connectively both personal issues and larger public issues (Henslin & Fowler, 2010). This term was introduced by C. Wright Mills in his 1959 book entitled The Sociological Imagination. Mills, continues on to describe that individuals cannot understand themselves nor their problems, without knowing the relations between the larger societal problems and one’s own personal troubles (Mills, 1959). As mentioned in Social Problems: a Down to Earth Approach “The sociological imagination, then, is an emphasis on how the larger events swirling around us influence how we think, feel, and act” (Henslin & Fowler, 2010). When examining how an individual problem can be related to a major historical happening the sociological imagination is being used. Today the sociological imagination approach is used to help generalize situations and to create a better understanding why certain issues are occurring and how frequently similar situations are happening. The sociological imagination approach is happening through much research and experimentation through the scientific method (Henslin & Fowler, 2010). One way that the concept of sociological imagination can be applied to my life is in terms of interracial

Hate is not in human nature, but rather taught through nurture. Although the legality behind, Racism at least my husband and I’s ethnicities is illegal it persists constantly today. According the Pew research center white males continually out-earn Hispanic and Black males by at least 20% (Patten, 2016). This number is alarming, and clearly indicates that although many have tried to be more cautious of listening to stereotypes, there are still large companies that have not actively searched to fix wage gaps among