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¶ … Sociological Imagination
The term sociological imagination has numerous connotations. Still, when expressing what this phrase denotes, it is perhaps most cogent to consider the meaning of the individual words. From this perspective, this term is an application of one's imagination to questions, problems, or considerations that are fundamentally psychological in nature. The sociological imagination is what allows one to transcend one's own personal perspective when thinking about a person, event, or occurrence, and to consider the wider sociological ramifications of those things. Such a process innately requires imagination in order to visualize whatever the relevant circumstances are from another. Moreover, it requires doing from a viewpoint that is rooted in the sociological implications that are relevant to such a scenario. Perhaps a more succinct definition of the term is offered by Mills, who posited that one's sociological imagination is "the vivid awareness of the relationship between experience and the wider society" (Mills, 1959). In this respect, this term actually requires a recognition of the fact that there is typically a gap between one's personal experience and that of other members in society, and that there is (at times) an implicit necessity to close that gap by...
Furthermore, there are oftentimes situations that expressly necessitate the deployment of the sociological imagination in order to fairly or adequately create action. Oftentimes, such situations directly relate to issues or policy that affects society or a broad portion of society, such as in the creation and enforcement of law or legal precedents. For instance, when determining various facets of social policy as they relate to laws, it is necessary for politicians to utilize sociological imagination to understand how such policies will affect people with markedly different socio-economic backgrounds (Mills, 1959). A policy maker or politician who is wealthy and comes from a privileged background might not readily consider the needs of inner city youth when creating or implementing aspects of social policy. Thus, for all those situations in which people are designing mandates for all people -- or even just for people who are not like them because…
References
Mills, C. W. (1959). The Sociological Imagination. London: Oxford University Press.
Naiman, J. (2012). How societies work: class, power and change. Winnipeg: Fernwood Publishing.
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