One version of such a map is already provided to us in childhood by the process of socialisation, or how we are taught to make sense of the world around us. This is the common sense map. But as pointed out earlier, this kind of map can be misleading and distorted.

What is a solution offered by sociology for these already available maps?

Sociological knowledge provides you with self-reflexivity and helps you locate yourself through others on the social map. Learn more about the commonsensical maps. Learn geography Live in society without a Map.

Sociological knowledge provides you with self-reflexivity and helps you locate yourself through others on the social map.

This prior knowledge or familiarity with society is both an advantage and a disadvantage for sociology, the discipline that studies society. The advantage is that students are generally not afraid of Sociology – they feel that it can’t be a very hard subject to learn. The disadvantage is that this prior knowledge can be a problem – in order to learn Sociology, we need to “unlearn” what we already know about society.