The Sociological Imagination

[gixxerik714]

Great video. You helped me understand the SI a bit better than my professor.

[Rayven10]

This video is just like sociology classes: droning on without reaching a point.

The sociological imagination is basically the ability to see the relationship between individual experiences and society as a whole. That's it - nothing more to see here.

Instead, sociology courses and books go on and on about all kinds of terms that drain the humanity out of humanity and make students want to hang themselves just to alleviate the mind-numbing boredom.

[Ghost572]

@Rayven10 Yeah i'm having trouble understanding what socialogical imagination is and this guy just uses big words and blabs on. A true sign of a clever person is someone who can explain something hard in the simplist form... this guy just yaps on : ( 

[Rayven10]

@Ghost572 I finished my sociology course and got a B. I didn't learn a single thing, other than sociology is a complete waste of time.

If you need a real definition, it is more or less psychology on a mass scale. That's it. Sociology is a made-up subject to allow people to stay in academia doing research and writing papers - and getting paid to do it. Nothing more.

If you're taking a sociology course, good luck to you. You'll need it.

[Ghost572]

@Rayven10 Yeah I kinda feel its more opinion based, there some intresting parts to it but I've got a few subjects im working through, my course was part of a mixed course including other subjects like science , psychology.

Deffo seems a bit zany at times, but the parts that tie in with psychology are intresting thats all i can say really.

[JimBowie1133]

@Rayven10 , that could be it, or maybe its that you're just less intelligent than you want to admit.

[Rayven10]

@JimBowie1133 Entirely possible, but almost everyone in my class ended up hating the subject and the professor. And since that time, I've spoken to other people who were in taking the class with a different professor and they said the same things.

Sociology is nothing more than psychology on a mass scale. It is a subject comprised of nothing more than people writing papers and patting each other on the back. It should be eliminated and psychology should be expanded to cover.

[JimBowie1133]

@Rayven10 ,I disagree, they are intrinsically related but not the same thing. However, Sociological understanding is necessary for valid Psychological insights. The lack of understanding of the Social Mechanisms that shape behavior has been a hindrance in the development of psychology. I suggest you read some of the work of Erich Fromm -

[A23Angelo]

Thank you so much for the video!! really understand now the concept of what the sociological imagination was all about!

[Spackliwackli]

Great video, really informative and crystal clear !! :)

[majestic00000]

you should just cut to the chase and explain the sociological imagination to us, instead of reviewing that book, you would be a lot more popular and more better as a human being instead of being a boring twat

[rgcrito]

am taking sociology class in college and its confusing

[mayi2839]

Enjoyed your summary. it was clear and concise.

Thanks mate

[carsanookdotcom]

Of all teachers, 'professors' Hogan is up there - top 5.

And his ' lectures' are bite size perfect. Now, Iam listening to

him while I am having late lunch. At the kitchen table. Got

wireless in my house, finally.

BangkokJohnny

Royaume de Thalande

[ipraice]

Thank you very much!

[BERNICEOD]

nice one mike!!!!!

crystal clear!!! thanks a million, from ireland.

[Hateocracy]

But I will admit (lol), this is a good video!

[Hateocracy]

3 minute intro? Really?

[joegregory123]

Hi Mike,

Just thought i'd comment to tell you you're doing a great job!

I'm a British student studying a Bachelors in sociology and your work is helping me understand the books alot more, cheers and keep up the good work!

[bailey1950]

Thank you so much for posting... I'm doing a paper on him and I didn't understand "what was his theory" ...

[tfung116]

thank you! this definitely helped me understand the sociological imagination a lot better!!!

[Foxhengeyokai]

An excellent subject to make a video on. One of the most important things a Sociologist can develop is the ability to think 'outside the box', wherein the box is one's own group.

[thedjlovemuscle]

I would be very interested to see anything you publish about him... one of my favourite educational thinkers

[thedjlovemuscle]

Great video, I was wondering if you have done anything on Ivan Illich and his book "Deschooling Society" I've got to point out however, something that did make me laugh.. on 0:49 you said you'd given up making statements like "the greatest intellectual and stuff like that", however on 1:03, just 14 seconds later, you said you cosider him "one of America's greatest intellectuals, certainly of the 20th century".

[radiohogan]

Thank you for reminding me of Ivan Illich.

[lolojos3]

Thanks for this video! I really appreciated it! Thanks a lot Sir!

[MrPainfullytrue]

Thank you for this.

I sadly didn't realise, how important C.Wright.Mills was........and now I understand it a little better.

great vid.

[zsylvana]

1. Max Weber, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft, 2. C.Wright Mills, The Sociological Imagination , 3. Robert K. Merton, Social Theory and Social Structure, 4. Max Weber, Die protestantische Ethik und der Geist des Kapitalismus, 5. Peter L. Berger and Thomas Luckmann, The Social Construction of Reality

[zsylvana]

6. Pierre Bourdieu, La Distinction: critique sociale du jugement, 7. Norbert Elias, The Civilising Process, 8. Jürgen Habermas, Theorie des kommunikativen Handelns, 9. Talcott Parsons, The Structure of Social Action, 10. Erving Goffman, The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life"

[derhannoveraner]

very good!

learned a lot !!

[blaziermissy]

Thanks for the vid.  Mills will be my next book buy.

On a side note, I do think that if the average adult had a sociological background in their education, we collectively would be much better off in what we let elitist get away with.

[koans808]

Radio Hogan i apologize ur helpful. The other guy is boring as hell. Ima paraphrase the quote.

"When unemployment is 2% its a personal issue, When its 9,10, 15%, its a public issue".

Fukn deep *pounds chest*

[koans808]

Im glad you made this video coz the other guy is ga damn boring.

[anjewl360]

Hey Mike,

Love your work...I am doing a paper on Sociology and listening to what you have to say on it helps me understand sociology that bit more.

Thanks for the great work - PLEASE keep it up!

[radiohogan]

Hello Anjewl360:

Please view my other sociology videos:

1. Bureaucracy & the Idiot (based on Mills)

2. Reason & the Cheerful Robot (Mills)

3. C. Wright Mills

4. Is Mills Relevant Today?

5. Sociology 101 - Weber, Durkheim, Marx & Mills

6. Max Weber & the Iron Cage

All the Best / Mike Hogan

[radiohogan]

Hi Anjewl360:

Part II

I also did two videos about Emile Durkheim's theory of how religion began:

Religion 102 Part I

Religion 102 Part II

Best / Mike Hogan

[zsylvana]

"Above all, do not give up your moral and political autonomy by accepting in somebody else's terms the illiberal practicality of the bureaucratic ethos or the liberal practicality of the moral scatter. Know that many personal troubles cannot be solved merely as troubles, but must be understood in terms of public issues — and in terms of the problems of history making."Sociological Imagination,

Appendix: "On Intellectual Craftsmanship"

[zsylvana]

"One could translate the 555 pages of The Social System into about 150 pages of straightforward English. The result would not be very impressive."

Sociological Imagination,P. 31, commenting on the verbosity of the chief work of competing sociologist Talcott Parsons.

[zsylvana]

To have peace and not war,the drift toward a war economy,as facilitated by the moves and the demands of the sophisticated conservatives,must be stopped;to have peace without slump,the tactics and policies of the practical right must be overcome.The political and economic power of both must be broken. The power of these giants of main drift is both economically and politically anchored;both unions and an independent labor party are needed to struggle effective

C.Wright Mills,The New Men of Power

[danibrown1987]

Thankyou for your click, this has really given me more of an understanding on the socilogical imagination

please do more clicks xx

[radiohogan]

HI DB1987:

Your comment and support are appreciated.

Live and Be Well / Mike Hogan

[lGnossos]

Aha! Glad to hear Mills getting talked about! Thanks to zsylvana, I've read quite a bit of Mills lately and I'm glad to see you spreading the good word, Mike!

[radiohogan]

Hello IGnissos:

It is my pleasure to spread the wor on Mill's work.

All the Bes / Mike Hogan

[zsylvana]

Thank you dear Mike for a ecelent work!I am so happy you did this video!!In a 1997 survey of members of the International Sociological Association which asked them to identify the ten books published in the 20th century which they considered to be the most influential for sociologists, they ranked The Sociological Imagination second, preceded only by Max Weber's Economy and Society.Thanks again Mike!!

[radiohogan]

Dear Zsylvana:

I will continue to do videos about Mills and his books.

Stay Tuned / Mike

[cool70200]

Social politics and "indirect" socio-economic and class violence, sigh.

The haves and the have-nots, yuck, human dominion over other humans.

While we "civilized" claim to be about "justice, liberty, equality, freedom, and prosperity".

I guess its easier to focus on the "now" obvious crooks like Madoff, while ignoring the more suble serpents who have and continue to rob whole masses of people.

[radiohogan]

Hello Cool70200:

All ships at sea are asked to please stay tuned. I will soon do a YT video on the New Robber Barons.

All the Best / Mike Hogan

[5Sissy]

Thank you, just this small clip came at a good time for all of us I beleive, looking forward to more vids, I will be looking for the book. Sissy

[radiohogan]

Hello Sissy:

Your comment is appreciated.

All the Best / Mike Hogan