Consider the following statements.

Men make their own history, but they do not make it as they please; they do not make it under self-selected circumstances, but under circumstances existing already, given, and transmitted from the past. (Marx, K 1852:1)

Neither the life of an individual nor the history of a society can be understood without understanding both. (Mills C 2000 p.3)

The sociological imagination demands that we ‘think ourselves away’ from the familiar routines of our daily life in order that we may look at them from a new point of view which may appear strange, at least at first. (Giddens, A; Sutton, P. ,2021 p. 5)

Topic: Draw on two sociological theories and related concepts presented in this unit between weeks 1 and 4, to discuss how you are a social being and have become who you are today. Identify specific instances where ‘agency’ and ‘structure’ have been influential.

In this 1000-word essay, written in academic style, you will show you have read the required readings through demonstrating understanding of the key concepts in weeks 1, 2, 3 and 4