Social Immagination Theory

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Accordingto WrightMills(American Sociologist), Sociologicalimagination refer to a “vivid imagination awareness of the relationship between personal experience and the wider society”. Sociologicalimaginationhelp individuals understand and look at situations with an open mind. Itis the capacity toperceive the relationship between extensive numbers of social forces and the actions of individuals in order to pull away from a situation and looked at the situation from a different stand point. Understanding another individual behaviors is not soeasy. However, if we linkour personal experiences,behaviors with another person we will be able to determine and interpret others behaviors. For example family with autistic children are very understandable of another family experiencing the same situation. In our day to day we encounter different various situation that requires our attention, each of us will react differently. Human tend to be judgement but for those who engage social imagination, none is to be blamed. …show more content…

We can use our past to determine ways to cope with our present and even our future. Mills Addressed three main question using social imagination which are 1.The essential components of social structure (e.g., economic, political, civil, etc.)? 2. How has society changed throughout human history to lead to this historical moment? How is society currently changing? How does this moment differ from other moments? What are the mechanics that are driving the process of historical

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