|
|
This is only a preview of the paper
Click here to register and get the full text.
Existing members click here to login
|
|
|
C. Wright Mills described sociological imagination as simply a “quality of mind” that allows one to grasp “history and biography and the relations between the two within society.” Mills’ distinction between personal troubles and public issues is a very obvious example of sociological imagination in use. Troubles occur only within the character of the individual. “…the resolutions of these troubles properly lie within the individual as a biographical entity and within the scope of his immediate milieu.” In the event of a personal trouble, values cherished by an individual are threatened. Issues, on the other hand, transcend the individual’s immediate milieu. This is to say that the resolution of an issue can not be found in local social settings. “They have to do with the organization of many such milieux into the institutions of a historical society as a whole, with the ways in which various milieux overlap and interpenetrate to form the larger structure of social and historical life.” In the event of an issue, some value shared and cherished by publics is felt to be threatened.
Approximate Word count = 549
Approximate Pages = 2.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
|
|
|
|
|
|