Chapter 1, The Sociological Imagination

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Chapter 1, The Sociological Imagination

• The Sociological Perspective
• The Industrial Revolution and the Emergence of
  Sociology
• Sociological Perspective of Industrialization
• How the Discipline of Sociology Evolves

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Chapter 1, The Sociological Imagination

• What Is Sociology?
• Why Study Sociology?
• The Importance of a Global Perspective
• The Payoff of the Sociological Perspective

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Troubles and Issues

• Troubles - can be explained in terms of
  individual shortcomings.
• Issues - explained by factors outside an
  individuals control and immediate environment.

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Industrial Revolution and Sociology

• Changed the nature of work - assembly lines
  replaced artisans.
• Nature of interaction - people could connect in
  reliable, less-time consuming ways.

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Sociological Perspectives on Industrialization

• Karl Marx
• Emile Durkheim
• Max Weber

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Karl Marx

• Sociologists task is to analyze and explain
  conflict.
• Conflict is shaped by the means of production.
• Industrialization resulted in two classes owners
  and laborers.

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Emile Durkheim

• Provided insights into the social forces that
  contributed to the rise of a global village.
• As Division of Labor becomes more specialized,
  and as sources of material become more
  geographically diverse, a new kind of solidarity
  emerges.

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Max Weber

• Focused on how industrial revolution changed
  thoughts and action and how it brought about a
  process called rationalization.
• Rationalization refers to the way daily life is
  organized so as to accommodate large groups of
  people.

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Harriet Martineau

• Wanted to communicate her observations without
  expressing her judgments.
• Gave a focus to her observations by asking the
  reader to compare the workings of the society
  with the principles on which thought was founded,
  thus testing the state of affairs against an
  ideal standard.

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W.E.B. Dubois

• Contributed the idea of the double consciousness.
• Focused on the strange meaning of being black.

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Social

• Quality of interaction that is shaped by two
  factors
• Forces outside the individual
• The presence of other people who notice what is
  going on.

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Importance of a Global Perspective

• Lives of people around the world are connected
  and intertwined.
• One countrys problems are part of a larger
  global situation.
• Seemingly local events are shaped by events
  taking place in foreign countries.
• The individual biography is shaped by events in
  foreign locations.