Sociology and Society
Madhya Pradesh Board · Class 11 · Sociology
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1. Sociological Imagination: Personal Trouble and Public Issue
- C. Wright Mills explained that sociology helps connect biography and history within society.
- A personal trouble affects an individual in immediate life, while a public issue affects many people and is linked to social structure.
- Homelessness is a public issue because it is connected to employment, migration, and state policy, not only to one person's situation.
2. Pluralities and Inequalities Among Societies
- People often belong to more than one society at the same time, such as a nation, language group, caste, tribe, or religious community.
- It is difficult to define one fixed society because social life is diverse and overlapping.
- Satyajit Ray's reflection shows the difficulty of deciding what to focus on in society: village, epics, or city.
3. Sociology as a Scientific Discipline
- Sociology is a systematic study of society and is different from philosophy, religion, and common sense.
- It follows scientific canons of procedure and relies on evidence that can be checked by others.
- The sociologist must be willing to study facts even when they are not personally liked.
4. Sociology and Common Sense
- Common sense explanations are usually naturalistic or individualistic.
- Naturalistic explanations treat behaviour as if it has simple natural reasons.
- Sociological explanations look at social structure, inequality, institutions, and conditions.
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