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    Society needs to understand or have a sociological imagination because it might be helpful with their life and it could affect others. You need to understand why this or that happened the way it is. You might be able to connect everything together. A sociological imagination is the way how people think and see about the world by having sociological questions and answers. It might be useful because having a questions or answers about sociological can see what people think and it might be able to

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    Introduction to the Sociological Imagination The concept of the sociological imagination according to CW Mills is the capacity to understand and see that society and history plays a large part in the choices and experiences in our life. It is the ability to perceive the connections to the world around us and know that it influences who we are as an individual. Using the sociological imagination will allow someone the capacity to step outside of themselves and view life from a new perspective. Mills

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    In my own words, The Sociological imagination is the relationship between the personal problem and society problems. It is also being able to understand that there are problem that man can control and possibly could change to benefit itself. The sociological imagination is also being able to understand that our personal action also have a big impact in our own society and to prevent those issues from happening, we must trying to avoid personal problems. When I went to visit my great grandfather village

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    According to C. Wright Mills, the sociological imagination is when an individual views his society as the potential reason for his or her daily successes and/or failures. People often view their personal issues as social problems and try to connect their individual experiences with the mechanisms of society. Mills believes that this is the way for individuals to gain an understanding of their personal predicaments. The sociological imagination helps people connect their own problems with public problems

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    Sociological Imagination Sociological Imagination is referred to as an understanding of our personal lives and experiences with our social world. This was introduced by C. Mills in 1959, with the intentions that sociological imagination can be distinguished between personal trouble and public issues (Leon-Guerrero, 2014, p. 7). The purpose of it is to assist individuals in recognizing that personal trouble and public issues are two different aspects. According to Mills the sociological imagination

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    The application of sociological imagination in the analysis of poverty in Canada makes us realize that poverty has social consequences on us all. The use of sociological imagination makes us look beyond the perceptions we may have of the victims of poverty in Canada and open our eyes to the social problems surrounding poverty. It’s a tool that helps us make the connection between experience and the bigger picture. Exploring poverty with critical thinking brings about awareness that it is about more

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    Sociological Imagination Social Imagination is described as an awareness of the relationship between a person’s behavior and experiences and the wider culture that shaped the person’s choices and perceptions; it helps us to see ours and other people’s behavior in relation to history and social structure (OpenStax). C. Wright “Mills thought that sociology can show us that society – not our own foibles and failings – is responsible for many of our problems. He argued that one of the main tasks of

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    The Sociological Imagination The main way to interpret the Sociological Imagination is to let your guard down and completely clear your mind before confronting a situation. More than ever, society is shaping our everyday life, and in order to make positive changes we must take a step back and look at the situation from every stand point. When the population as a whole begins stepping out of their comfort zone to individually better themselves then they will ultimately benefit the field of society

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    Sociological Imagination was written in 1959 by C. Wright Mills who argued that for one to “think critically about the world around us, we need to use our sociological imagination, the ability to see the connections between our personal experience and the larger forces of society.” (Conley, 2015). History, biography, and social structure are the defining characteristics of sociological imagination. Mills states that our lives are all ordinary and we live our lives according to the time and place

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    sociology of C. Wright Mills, before exploring his sociology. Firstly, he is the sociologist of the 20th century who wrote within the classical traditions of the sociology. This means that he attempted an interpretive analysis of the overall system of sociology and he based his analysis on the empirical evidence and the overall worldview. Additionally, he wrote regarding the problems and issues that don’t just matter to the sociologists but also matter to the people, and he wrote about them in order

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