How norms, values, culture, socialisation, identity and everyday interactions shape the way we live and understand the world around us.
What feels normal is often something we have learned. This article explores how norms, values, socialisation and power shape our ideas about acceptable behaviour, and why ‘normal’ changes across time and place.
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Sociology asks us to look beyond individual choices and question the wider patterns, institutions and inequalities that shape everyday life. This introduction explores what sociology is, what the sociological imagination means, and why the subject still matters in a rapidly changing world.
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