Readings from:
Newman, D., O’Brien, J., and Michelle Robertson. 2019. Sociology: Exploring the Architecture of Everyday Life (11th Edition). Los Angeles: Sage Publications. ISBN-13: 978-1506350219
#1 C.W. Mills, “The Sociological Imagination”
#2 Herbert Kelman and V. Lee Hamilton, “The My Lai Massacre: A Military Crime of Obedience”
#3 Lisa McIntyre, “Hernando Washington”
What did C.W. Mills mean by the concept “sociological imagination”? According to Mills, of what value is the sociological imagination to the average person? Consider the work done by Kelman/Hamilton and McIntyre. In your informed judgment, in what way did each author demonstrate (or not) that they have a sociological imagination? Explain how you arrived at your conclusion by discussing the evidence you relied upon to form your conclusion.
Before submitting your paper, check it for the following things:
-Does your answer demonstrate that you read and understood the assigned articles?
-Did you properly cite each reading each time you quoted, paraphrased, or made and assertion about what the author said?
