Chapter 1, The Sociological

Imagination

The Sociological Perspective

The Industrial Revolution and the Emergence
of Sociology
Sociological Perspective of Industrialization
How the Discipline of Sociology Evolves
Chapter 1, The Sociological
Imagination

What Is Sociology?
Why Study Sociology?
The Importance of a Global Perspective
The Payoff of the Sociological Perspective
Troubles and Issues

Troubles - can be explained in terms of

individual shortcomings.
Issues - explained by factors outside an
individuals control and immediate environment.
Industrial Revolution and Sociology

Changed the nature of work - assembly lines

replaced artisans.
Nature of interaction - people could connect in
reliable, less-time consuming ways.
Sociological Perspectives on
Industrialization

Karl Marx
Emile Durkheim
Max Weber
Karl Marx

Sociologists task is to analyze and explain

conflict.
Conflict is shaped by the means of production.
Industrialization resulted in two classes:
owners and laborers.
Emile Durkheim

Provided insights into the social forces that

contributed to the rise of a global village.
As Division of Labor becomes more
specialized, and as sources of material
become more geographically diverse, a new
kind of solidarity emerges.
Max Weber

Focused on how industrial revolution changed

thoughts and action and how it brought about a
process called rationalization.
Rationalization refers to the way daily life is
organized so as to accommodate large groups
of people.
Harriet Martineau

Wanted to communicate her observations

without expressing her judgments.
Gave a focus to her observations by asking
the reader to compare the workings of the
society with the principles on which thought
was founded, thus testing the state of affairs
against an ideal standard.
W.E.B. Dubois

Contributed the idea of the double

consciousness.
Focused on the strange meaning of being
black.
Social

Quality of interaction that is shaped by two

factors:
Forces outside the individual
The presence of other people who notice what
is going on.
Importance of a Global Perspective

Lives of people around the world are

connected and intertwined.
One countrys problems are part of a larger
global situation.
Seemingly local events are shaped by events
taking place in foreign countries.
The individual biography is shaped by events
in foreign locations.