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  2. Imaginary (sociology) - Wikipedia

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    The imaginary (or social imaginary) is the set of values, institutions, laws, and symbols through which people imagine their social whole. It is common to the members of a particular social group and the corresponding society. The concept of the imaginary has attracted attention in anthropology, sociology, psychoanalysis, philosophy, and media ...

  3. Sociological imagination - Wikipedia

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    Another perspective is that Mills chose sociology because he felt it was a discipline that "could offer the concepts and skills to expose and respond to social injustice." [8] He eventually became disappointed with his profession of sociology because he felt it was abandoning its responsibilities, which he criticized in The Sociological ...

  4. The Sociological Imagination - Wikipedia

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    The Sociological Imagination is a 1959 book by American sociologist C. Wright Mills published by Oxford University Press.In it, he develops the idea of sociological imagination, the means by which the relation between self and society can be understood.

  5. Imaginary - Wikipedia

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    Imaginary may refer to: Imaginary (sociology), a concept in sociology; The Imaginary (psychoanalysis), a concept by Jacques Lacan; Imaginary number, a concept in mathematics; Imaginary time, a concept in physics; Imagination, a mental faculty; Object of the mind, an object of the imagination

  6. Imagined community - Wikipedia

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    According to Anderson's theory of imagined communities, the main causes of nationalism are [citation needed] the movement to abolish the ideas of rule by divine right and hereditary monarchy; [citation needed] and the emergence of printing press capitalism ("the convergence of capitalism and print technology... standardization of national calendars, clocks and language was embodied in books ...

  7. Data imaginaries - Wikipedia

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    A data imaginary is a particular framing of data that defines what data are and what can be done with them. [1] Imaginaries are produced by social institutions and practices and they influence how people understand and use the object of the imaginary, in this case data. [2] Different data imaginaries compete to be considered common sense.

  8. Why the ‘Imaginary’ Team Crafted the First Movie Trailer Best ...

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    During “FNAF’s” opening weekend, the phrase “Imaginary movie” spiked to “maximum search interest” on Google, per the search engine’s trend data. “Deploying an audio-only cue for ...

  9. Worldbuilding - Wikipedia

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    Worldbuilding is the process of constructing an imaginary world or setting, sometimes associated with a fictional universe. [1] Developing the world with coherent qualities such as a history, geography, culture and ecology is a key task for many science fiction or fantasy writers. [2]