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This 7 page paper is divided into five sections: I. The Sociological Imagination II. The Contributions of W.E.B. Dubois III. W.E.B. Dubois and the Sociological ImaginationIV. Annotated Bibliography of Primary Sources V. Annotated Bibliography of Secondary Sources
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we need new answers have a perennial quality, while others are dramatically new. Tackling these, as in previous times, calls for a healthy dose of what C Wright Mills famously
called the sociological imagination" (p. 18). Mills claims that the sociological imagination is relevant to understanding life, and how society is ordered. He notes that the "sociological imagination enables
its possessor to understand the larger historical scene in terms of its meaning for the inner life and the external career of a variety of individuals" (Mills, 1959, p. 4).
In an essay that is titled regarding this concept, the author begins by noting that it is difficult to maintain a private life in todays society (Mills, 1959). Mills wrote
before the more recent technological revolution where cameras are everywhere and it is difficult to maintain any privacy whatsoever. The elements of Mills sociological imagination is merely the understanding
that no man is an island. It is a way to view society. The sociological imagination includes the ability and inclination to look at society as if it were composed
of systems, to see things historically, and so forth. It is about viewing things differently or as a sociologist would. II. The Contributions of W.E.B. Dubois
The Souls of Black Folk is probably W.E.B. Dubois most famous work. It provides an overview of how the black man is seen in American culture. At least,
it is an illustration of how the African American is viewed according to DuBois. His insights do appear to be relatively objective. Of course, there is personality coming through and
his ability to make unique observations is uncanny. He, above all, saw the problem in the twentieth century as a problem with the color line. Thus, in many ways, this
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