The Sociological Imagination
The task:
In his famous work, The Sociological Imagin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ination, C Wright Mills discusses the relationship between “private (or in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">individual) troubles” and “public issues”.
1. In your own words, explain" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in what Mills meant by this, along with some of the examples that he gives. Thin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">inkin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing about your own experiences of growin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing up, identify a particular ‘private
trouble’ you have observed in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in someone else’s life experience – it could be one experienced by a friend, a fellow student, a relative, someone livin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in your street etc.
2. Provide your own account of this trouble and then discuss how you see it relatin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing to a broader ‘public issue’, of the type identified by Mills. To help you identify a suitable
experience/issue, thin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ink about some of the broad themes we will be coverin" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">ing in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in" rel="nofollow">in the course: ethnicity, gender and sexuality, religion, class etc.