Why Did C Wright Mills Think That It Is Important for Everyone

question 26

Multiple Choice

Why did C. Wright Mills think that it is important for everyone, even people who will never take a sociology class, to develop a sociological imagination?

• A) It will help create more jobs for sociologists.
• B) Many people are unaware of the connections between their own lives and the larger course of history.
• C) The sociological perspective is innately understood by nearly everyone, but we rarely acknowledge it.
• D) It will encourage growth in the field of microsociology.

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