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SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGININGS AND IMAGINING SOCIOLOGY: BODIES, AUTO/BIOGRAPHIES AND OTHER MYSTERIES

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 November 1998

DAVID MORGAN
DAVID MORGAN
Affiliation:
Department of Sociology, Coupland II Building, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL
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Abstract

This paper seeks to explore sociology as an imaginative pursuit. After a brief reconsideration of Mills's notion of 'the sociological imagination' I examine three areas illustrating the various imaginations within the discipline: the work of Robert K. Merton; ethnomethodology; and the diversities of feminist scholarship. Two particular case studies are explored: the sociology of the body and the use of autobiographical studies in sociology. I conclude with some suggestions for the encouragement of imaginative thought within the discipline.

Keywords

auto/biographybodyimaginationmysteries
Type
Presidential Address to the British Sociological Association, 1998
Information
Sociology , Volume 32 , Issue 4 , November 1998 , pp. 647 - 663
Copyright
© 1998 BSA Publications Ltd

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