Sociology
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
As a discipline, sociology is centrally concerned with how membership in groups, small and large, shapes human behavior. Sociology values a particular way of thinking about human experience, what C.Wright Mills called the "sociological imagination", that is, the ability to see beyond ourselves and to understand our private troubles from the vantage point of current events and our social location in the world. Using this perspective, sociologists aim to highlight the important differences between groups in access to power and other resources, and to reveal the extent to which our experiences, opportunities and constraints are shared with others. By doing so, sociology stresses empathy and tolerance, values of ever-increasing importance in our rapidly changing world.- University of Victoria
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