NANTAI NVERSTES SOCIOLOGY II SOW 106 INTRODUCTION TO

NİŞANTAŞI ÜNİVERSİTESİ SOCIOLOGY II (SOW 106) INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY THE SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION İktisadi, İdari ve Sosyal Bilimler Fakültesi iisbf. nisantasi. edu. tr NİŞANTAŞI ÜNİVERS İTESİ ©

SOCIOLOGY AS A DISCIPLINE • Sociology is a discipline based on a philosophical idea: that there could be a science of social life. Beyond this bare thought there is a great deal of dispute. The disputes range from the question of whether it is true in any sense that there can be a science of the social, to the question of what kind of science it could be, to what “the social, ” “social life, ” “society” (or the many variants on this term) could be. • There is no well -defined boundary to sociology as a discipline. Different national traditions have managed the relation to other disciplines differently. q The practice of sociology involves the ability to think imaginatively and to detach oneself from preconceived ideas about social life. q Sociology came into being as an attempt to understand the farreaching changes that have occurred in human societies over the past two or three centuries. The changes involved are not just large-scale ones; they also involve shifts in the most intimate and personal aspects of people's lives. NİŞANTAŞI ÜNİVERSİTESİ ©

WHY STUDY SOCIOLOGY? First, sociology gives us an awareness of cultural differences that allows us to see the social world from many perspectives. Second, sociological research provides practical help in assessing the results of policy initiatives. Third, and in some ways this is the most important, sociology can provide us with self-enlightenment - increased selfunderstanding. Finally, it should be mentioned that many sociologists concern themselves directly with practical matters as professionals. NİŞANTAŞI ÜNİVERSİTESİ ©

THE SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATIONC. WRIGHT MILLS v C. Wright Mills coined the famous phrase «Sociological Imagination» , which is used throughout sociology today. v The Sociological Imagination is the concept of being able to «think ourselves away» from the familiar routines of our daily lives in order to look at them anew. v Mills defined Sociological Imagination as «the vivid awareness of the relationship between experience and the wider society. » NİŞANTAŞI ÜNİVERSİTESİ ©

THE SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION • It is the ability to see things socially and how they interact and influence each other. • To have a Sociological Imagination, a person must be able to pull away from the situation and think from an alternative point of view. NİŞANTAŞI ÜNİVERSİTESİ ©

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REFERENCES Giddens, A. (1993). Sociology. Cambridge [England]: Polity Press. Mills, C. W. (1959). The Sociological Imagination. New York: Oxford University Press. Turner, S. (2012). ‘Philosophy and Sociology’, in George Ritzer (ed. ), The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Sociology, Blackwell Reference Online: Blackwell Publishing. NİŞANTAŞI ÜNİVERSİTESİ ©