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What events in the late nineteenth century contributed to the emergence of the discipline of sociology?
 
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What is the sociological imagination?
 
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Answer to Question 1

The cataclysmic changes brought on by the Industrial and French Revolutions had widespread impacts on European societies. The early European sociologists sought to understand the causes and implications of these changes.

Answer to Question 2

The sociological imagination is a concept, introduced by C. Wright Mills, that refers to a person's ability to place their own experience within the context of the larger society.



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