Sociological Imagination Sociology

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More than 50 years ago, a sociologist by the me of C. Wright Mills argues that “in an effort to think critically about the social world around us, we need to use our sociological imagination” (Conley, 2017, Chapter 1, p. 4). The sociological imagination, in totality, is one’s ability to see connections between personal experiences and the larger forces of history. These connections allow us to understand the social positions that we are placed in within society. This is done through taking into account your own experiences and determining your own chances, or social positions, in life through becoming aware of the chances of other individuals within or under the same circumstances, in other terms, this concept is based around how external

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