Obesity: Personal Transformation and Societal Influences
Words: 1068 Pages: 4 5324Introduction Dalton Conley, in his textbook, defines the concept of sociological imagination as "the ability to see the connections between our personal experiences and the larger forces of history" (Conley, 2017, Ch.1). This idea is deeply rooted in C. Wright Mills' assertion that "the individual can understand his own experience and gauge his own fate only by locating himself within his period, that he can know his own chances in life only by becoming aware of those of all individuals […]