The ability to see the connection between the larger world and your personal life is what sociologist C. Wright Mills called Sociological Imagination.
EXPLANATION
C. Wright Mills’ sociological imagination is defined as “the bright consciousness of the relationship between our understanding and the wider society (reality)”. The sociological imagination means we able to “reflect ourselves” from the acquainted regular activity of our daily activities in order to look at them freshly through critical sight. The sociological imagination also means the capability to perceive and understand things collectively and how they interrelate, connect and the impact to each other.
In order to have a sociological imagination, we have to be able to reflect another replacement perspective and to distract from ourselves from the position in the society. This ability is also central to one's improvement of a sociological perception of the world. You can learn the sociological imagination by C. Wright Mills’ book with the same title, Sociological Imagination. It was published in 1959. Mill says through the sociological imagination, we are able to see not only what is real, but also a possibility to see what could become a reality.
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Keywords: Sociological, Imagination, Wright Mills
Subject: History
Class: 10-12
Subchapter: Sociology
