4. The Sociological Imagination
âWhen wars happen, an insurance salesman becomes a rocket
launcher; a store clerk, a radar man; a wife lives alone; a child grows
up without a father. Neither the life of an individual, nor the history
of a society can be understood without understanding bothâŠ
Yet men do not usually define the troubles they endure in terms of
historical change and institutional contradiction. The well being they
enjoy, they do not usually impute to the big ups and downs of the
societies in which they liveâŠ
The sociological imagination enables us to grasp history and
biography and the relations between the two within society. That is
its task and its promise.â
C. Wright Mills (1959)
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16. A few factors widened the
gap...
Changes in Politics
Deunionization
Supply-Side Economics
Distrust in Government
Changes in the Economy
Deindustrialization
Automation of Labor
Changes in Society
Credentialization
Divorce/Remarriage
25. Book knowledge influence, connections
non-living physical objects
depends on your personal
religion, spirituality, or other practice to
connect with yourself and the wider
universe
gathered by a community
money!
animals, plants, soil,
and water of our land
knowledge you hold about how to do
something because youâve actually
done it
26. How can you apply this
expanded concept of
wealth in your life?
Family?
School?
Service?