Sociological imagination

Sociological Imagination - The ability to see how the seemingly personal, intimate aspects of ones life are connected to broader, social and historical conditions. The ability to connect "personal troubles" to the condition of ones society. The concept is visible in the work of many classical and contemporary sociologists, but the term itself is credited to C. Wright Mills.

[@ninny1976]

Thank you for this great explanation of social imagination. I have been having a hard time trying to understand it - I am used to looking at life through a psychological lens, focusing on behavior and emotions of individual people. I have read and watched all the resources provided by my university, but this video turned the lightbulb on in my head, and now I get it!

[@demsiary]

pandemic class bought me here. thank you so much. my teacher is a terror one I'm really studying hard

[@ManInTheBigHat]

Thank you for not using animation or playing a stupid background score.

[@rawnaqara8888]

I am a lecturer of sociology and I promote these vedios for their better understanding, I really like the way you discuss!

[@ankitaamohanty9797]

This was incredibly helpful. You explained it exceptionally well, Sir. I loved that you drew on paper to explain it instead of making slides. I understood it at one go. Thank you very much.

[@obatarhemowoe2392]

Thank you so much for this video! I've been struggling with the first chapter and this has really helped!

[@stellac9489]

As a Chinese, 32-year-old, I never eat a grasshopper in my life, but I do eat squid.

[@copingthroughfaith]

Grasshoppers are so tasty 😋

[@bellayang2135]

Me too! Not EVERY Chinese like grasshopper or grub.

[@garyl8508]

@Mister Privacy No they eat Americans

[@arabbitwithinternetaccess126]

the fuck

[@ribbon508]

lol i thought chinese street food would be like dim sum or a fucking eggroll waat?

[@mariannerousseau6111]

probably the video that best explains sociological imagination. Thank you for making this !

[@vonwilliams4940]

yoo straight up, you should get an Oscar or something causes the way you just taught that lesson was amazing

[@usmanahmed8393]

This is Hands down the best explanation video iv ever watched on this topic. Thank you so much!!!

[@KingWavy77]

This saved my life thank you very much

[@adityasapkotakami3723]

It was really good sir. You explained it plain and simple 🤘🏻. Keep helping me with these please as I have my exams just some days after.

[@hisoh31]

I love your handwriting, I just have to mention that

[@ash86marie]

I loved the food example!

[@williamanderson6316]

this is saving my uni work XD

[@yurdesire05]

best video I've seen thus far with explanation and examples despite other critics of their picky preference in background and supply usage. Is this sociological imagination? haha

[@illuminate5]

wonderful. Clear and concise!

[@softysaulanki8866]

Thank you for this video It's awesome for a beginner Very helpful

[@SKhan-uu8be]

Perfectly explained. Thank you! :)

[@manitou1954]

Good presentation, very understandable and nice personal touches.

[@dv7823]

Thanykou it's really very helpful sir👍☺️

[@priyankkhadse313]

hats of solider ....

[@deanwise7337]

Thank you for explaining it really well.

[@stardreamer187]

listened this on 2x speed and it sounded almost normal speed to me

[@abhinavtripathi7585]

The best lecture on SI

[@anonymousfounder3652]

Okay, now I know why it is called sociological "imagination" because most Chinese eat bug is in your "imagination." Maybe you saw someone sell bug as street food in Beijing but as I know most people buy it only because they want to try it as they were curious. Chinese eat bugs? Yes. BUT it is only for a minority of people. BTW, I don't think eating bugs is something gross. I have tried bugs when I was traveling in Beijing. I just won't eat it as a normal meal.

[@marksonbutu5338]

Thank you for the clear explanantion

[@monfli5525]

Thanks a lot you are very good at explaining.

[@abdulmalikhassan3602]

God bless u sir....and thank u

[@adrianmacalino4617]

this really made me understand it... Thanks!!

[@kevinpatricksalemyu1524]

Plain and Simple. Thanks for this

[@nikyang1049]

Hey guys, suggest you guys to watch video called: "The danger of a single story", i mean we don't eat those "things" when we go out.... I mean i understand he is trying to show the social different, but I gotta correct that lol.

[@Danielle_nicolee]

Thanks! This helped me a lot!

[@iasarrows1510]

Excellent type of explaination

[@awakeningbeautyspa]

Very well explained. Thank you.

[@ashleycavolo6023]

Telephone rock

[@ruxandratuca2837]

Excellent, thank you!!

[@leeiucenh]

Thankyou for this video. The graph really helped me understand what Sociological Imagination means.

[@johnliu977]

Thank you!

[@blaircapel1384]

Solid analysis!

[@pixieyhangpalomo781]

Hi sir can you tell me what is the importance of possessing a Sociological imagination

[@yusefdelacruz4811]

Now i see someone who (most likely) has an assignment similar to mine 😂

[@IAMWILVER]

asmr classroom vibes

[@DedeProduction]

great video, now how can we take a world disaster such as 911 and connect it to this?

[@mysisterisafoodie]

Lol. Trying to get us to do your essay?

[@jalapenoandbanana]

I love food

[@ankith8716]

thank you

[@cherylmurray3550]

I have to respectfully disagree about your statement of food making your identity. A sociological identity is created by influenced environmental factors. If you are within a specified region, the majority have the same food pallet so it doesn't aid in forming your identity. As an immigrant, however, then it could potentially help form your social identity.

[@sociologicaldictionary5268]

Well, if you're thinking about identity as those things that make you distinct from others, then sure, I can see where you're coming from. However, sociologically (and especially in the context of the sociological imagination) identity is not limited to what's "unique" about you, but rather it's made up of all those things that are a part of your personality. For example, I speak English as my first language because i grew up in an English speaking culture. English language is a part of my identity even though there's nothing unique or special about it. I also speak Russian, which makes me unique in relation to most people in my community, but it isn't more or less a part of my identity than English. This, is actually an important aspect of the sociological imagination. In my example, I mention how we think of food choices as a part of our identity. when we meet something we may talk about how we like a particular kind of food, and we think of it as part of who we are. While this is part of our identity, sociologically, as you point out, our food tastes are actually made up in large part from the choices our culture gives us. I may think that I have a preference for Mexican food and that makes me unique in some way, but in reality, Mexican food (or rather Americanized Mexican food) is simply a choice given me by the environment I live in. A woman from Eastern Europe would have a much smaller chance of enjoying food from a "Taco Truck" than I would. As you say, everyone in my region may have the same pallet as I do, but that's just as much a part of my identity as if I'm the only person I know that has a taste for a particular kind of dish. In Western culture, we tend to place a great deal of emphasis on individuality, so we tend to think of identity in terms of those things that make us unique. In other cultures that emphasize cooperation or conformity, identity will be more strongly associated with our ability to cooperate, be a team player, and get along. Our obedience, reliability, and loyalty will be more important parts of our identity than our innovation, independence, or willingness to make waves in order to create change. This, again, illustrates the concept of the sociological imagination, how we think about identity (and anything else) is in part shaped by the cultural values we're exposed to.

[@cherylmurray3550]

@@sociologicaldictionary5268 Very well stated rebuttal and you have won your perspective. I now agree. Hope you're having a good day and thank you for the other perspective!

[@sajidastori8259]

explained well

[@michellegetz9014]

The narration and explanations were spot on and very helpful. It would have been much better without the dirty background, and clearly used paper.

[@sociologicaldictionary5268]

Yeah, possibly. I was actually kind of going for the simple, used, backyard project kind of a look. I'm also not going to spend money on paper when I get stacks of one sided stuff after lectures. I appreciate your input, though.

[@sandramessinger6760]

If I can watch something like this, which is clear, concise and offers examples which make the concept more concrete for me, I won’t complain about “recycled” paper. Save the tree ... and your $. Thanks

[@juanamarjorah9611]

I didn't even notice the paper, but the pizza kinda looks like Jay Leno.

[@Alexanderbuilds2001]

Juana Marjorah oh now that jay Leno pizza is all I see

[@myfphoenix]

4/5 Thanks

[@ToltecJewels]

Basics that are powerful building blocks. I did find his specific examples of unemployment causes lacking in sociological imagination, however. LOLOL... Certainly, we can begin to explore diverse examples of unemployment causes. Good Sociology would not simply share the normative, mainstream view but example class, race, gender and (dis)ability stratification.

[@xon1a69]

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[@CCc-cy2bq]

Overall good teaching but so typical stereotypes for your westerns using the Chinese food example. Me and person around me, for my entire life, I HAVE NEVER SEE OR HEAR anyone eat Grasshoppers. Yall need to understand not every Asian eat those things and these snakes or grassshoppers are very rare even in China... How can you call that typical Chinese food and compares them to Pizza in US? Especially when you study sociology and making sociology teaching videos... Do not assume what others eating as regular food when you know nothing but only hearing from western medias. That food example is such a typical Western Stereotypes and I assume you do know what is Stereotype!

[@sheenaconjurado2987]

Thanks for pointing out 🎉

[@carissalee3577]

why perpetuate the notion that chinese people only eat "weird" foods? there's plenty of culture-specific examples of street food that don't make westerners feel sick

[@tgc97]

Year 2020 covid virus has affected the whole world lol

[@C1GMA]

money

[@raspberryp]

racist…

[@anqiwu7423]

举那个中国人吃蚱蜢的例子真肤浅。你是什么意思？说完中国人吃蚱蜢，就立刻说 ”正在经历饥荒的国家会把不可接受的食物看作美味“，有意思吗？不会真有人以为中国连披萨冰淇淋这种低端食物都没有吧？不会吧不会吧？ The example of the Chinese eating grasshoppers is superficial and ridiculous. What do you mean? After saying that Chinese people eat grasshoppers, you immediately say "starving countries consider unpalatable food tasty", is that interesting? No one really thinks that China doesn't even have so low-end food like pizza and ice cream, right?

[@lollol995]

你这英语是从哪里弄到翻译软件翻译的？笑死了 hahha!哪里来的玻璃心国人，人家以前去过中国 觉得 街头小吃蚂蚱虫子很稀奇，所以留下很大的印象，人家老外又不是中国人那里懂得那么多中国文化？他只是举几个特殊例子区分开跟老外的食物，你让老外举出几道菜他能吗，这是为了凸显我们社会主义跟西方个人主义区分，不至于反应这么大吧. 好像谁不知道中国现在全世界排行老2横的走

[@Inkahustler]

Don’t take it too seriously!