Final Exam: Q1

Question 1

What does Mills describe the Sociological Imagination as?

Answer 1

The most fruitful form of self consciousness.

Question 2

Sociological Imagination summary: TRAPP?

Answer 2

1. Trapped by job, family, neighbourhood.
2. Relationship (B&W) Biography (my life) & World history (and the people that occupy it)
3. (SI) Asks 3 questions.
4. Personal ‘troubles’ Vs public ‘issues’

Question 3

What are the 3 questions a Sociological Imagination asks?

Answer 3

1. Structure of society right now?
2. This society’s place in history?
   3, What is the nature (varieties) of men & women in this current society?