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Sociological imagination The individual and the social- what do we mean when we start talking about individual interpretations as opposed to social interpretations Critical consciousness The structure of society is the same concept- the way that stucture is built, held together and the various institutions gives rise to a particular type or shape of culture. This means that we are socialised into a particular type of social character (eastern person or western person or hunter&gatherer). How does our society hold together? The individual and the social- are there links between what we do as individuals and what happens in a social situation. The sociological perspective- the way of viewing the world Do we have a free choice in what we wear and what we consume. Yes we do have a choice in what we wear- I can wear a green tshirt if I want but essentially we are all wearing the same clothes, we are all wearing...

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