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The study of human
groups and societies, giving par-
ticular emphasis to analysis of the
industrialized world. Sociology
is one of a group of social sci-
ences, which include anthropology,
economics, political science, and
human geography. The divisions
between the various social sci-
ences are not clear-cut, and all
share a certain range of common
interests, concepts, and methods. |
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Difficulties
that are located in individual biog-
raphies and their immediate milieu,
a seemingly private experience. |
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Difficulties or
problems that are linked to the
institutional and historical pos-
sibilities of social structure. |
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The application of imaginative thought
to the asking and answering of
sociological questions. Someone
using the sociological imagina-
tion “thinks himself away” from
the familiar routines of daily life. |
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According to
Émile Durkheim, the aspects of
social life that shape our actions
as individuals. Durkheim believed
that social facts could be studied
scientifically. |
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According to Émile Durkheim, the social cohesion that results from the various
parts of a society functioning as an
integrated whole. |
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The conditioning influence on our behavior
by the groups and societies of
which we are members. Social
constraint was regarded by Émile
Durkheim as one of the distinctive
properties of social facts. |
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