Category: Research

Mills sociological imagination requires each of us to combine our personal experiences with historical context and social factors, rather than just focusing on our own personal experiences. I have a special personal experience, that is, I have experienced a whole decade of exam-oriented education in China, among which the process of preparing for the college…

What is Sociological Imagination? Well, Sociological Imagination is a phrase that came from C. Wright Mills. He described the sociological imagination as a way of thinking outside the box. It allows us to think ourselves away (Mills) from what you or others may think is normal because that’s how society sees it. Its a way…

Have you ever wondered if you have a voice in society? Have you been troubled by Ameri-can issues and wondered how you can enact change? If so, the work of C. Wright Mills may be of interest to you. Mills was a doctor of sociology, well known for the development of several contro-versial social theories…

Corpus Analysis is a semantic approach to analyzing a corpus  a set of methodically or arbitrary collected and electronically stored real-life language samples such as speeches, magazine articles, and texting messages  with a goal to discern certain rules of language use, grammatical or lexical patterns, for instance, that are pertinent to a particular…

We all have imagination. Let us be reactive and envision life in a new way. There is something called sociological imagination. In sociology to understand one’s own self, we must understand the relationship between self and society. The concept of the sociological imagination was presented in 1959 by C.Wright Mills in his famous book of…

My understanding of the reading is that the sociological imagination is a persons ability to imagine and allows them to grasp history and biography which he states can be viewed as if two roads were both leading to a roundabout, with the roundabout being the sociological imagination. The sociological imagination are the connections between a…

The aim of this essay is to critically analyze the impact of sports mega-events on the societies that host them, whether it was positive, negative or beneficial in the short term and long term for their society. It will be focusing on the South Africa 2010 World Cup. It will also concentrate on critical sensitivity…

The sociological imagination enables us to grasp history and biography and the relations between the two within society – C. Wright Mills, The Sociological Imagination. C. Wright Mills defined the sociological imagination as the vivid awareness of the relationship between personal experience and the wider society. When he published his book in 1959, his attempt…

The sociological imagination is the ability to see how social factors and structures influence our lives socially and individually when we live in a society. It is basically the connection between an individual and society on a whole. Our social relationships are divided between micro and macro level, and sociological imagination helps us to understand…

Every big city has a zoo where all the wild animals are kept in naturally simulated environment. People flock to the place to see the beasts and the heroes of the forest wilderness. It is a wonderful experience for the kids and adult alike nevertheless there are drawbacks too. Therefore, lets find out the pros…