EBK INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY (SEAGULL
EBK INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY (SEAGULL
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ISBN: 9780393664461
Author: Appelbaum
Publisher: VST
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Mills felt that most people lacked the mindset to view their problems as part of a larger social construct. Social imagination is the quality of mind that makes one able to understand the larger meanings of one's individual experiences.

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According to Mills the social imagination is the ability of a person to understand that his or her experiences have larger meanings. For example, when some white students are not admitted to college, they wonder if “their” spot was given to a minority as part of a government program to increase diversity at universities.

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