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Cooldude101

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Explain what is meant by the sociological imagination.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

The founder of sociology is:
 
  a. Max Weber. b. Karl Marx.
 c. Emile Durkheim. d. Auguste Comte.



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Answer to Question 1

Mills described the sociological imagination as the ability to see the relationship

between individual experiences and the larger society. This awareness enables us to

understand the link between our personal experiences and the social contexts in which

they occur. The sociological imagination helps us distinguish between personal troubles

or problems that affect individuals and the networks of people with which they

associate and social (or public) issues, which are problems that affect large numbers of

people and often require solutions at the societal level. For example, a person's

unemployment can be understood as part of a more widespread pattern of

unemployment resulting from economic changes such as outsourcing.

Answer to Question 2

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