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Week 1 Skill Building Activity

Week 1 Skill Building Activity

Q What does C. Wright Mills mean when he says the sociological imagination helps us “to grasp history and biography and the relations between the two within society”? (Mills, 1959b: 6). How might this idea be applied to today’s society? ________________________________________ The following is a skill building activity, which is unlike your other discussion forums; you are not required to respond to peers. Please review the rubric under the course syllabus!

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What does C. Wright Mills mean when he said that the sociological imagination helps us “to grasp history and biography and the relations between the two within society” is "the awareness of relationships". Mills is making the point that sociology connects an individual's circumstances (biography) with the larger institutional context (history).