conclusion to difference between sociology history and political science
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Sociology and History are closely and intimately related to each other. Sociology cannot be separated from History and History cannot be isolated from sociology. That is why Professor G.E. Howard remarked “History is the past Sociology and Sociology is the present History”, John Seely says that” History without Sociology has no fruit, Sociology without History has no root”.
History is mainly concerned with past events. It is systematic record of the story of mankind. History presents a chronological account of past events of the human society. It is the social science, which deals with past events and studies the past social, political and economic aspects of the country, According to Gettle “History is the record of the past events and movements, their causes and inter-relations”. It includes a survey of conditions, or developments in economic, religious and social affairs as well as the study of states, their growth and organization and their relation with one another.
Both Sociology and History depend upon each other and can influence one another. Sociology depends upon History in order to study past events and situations. History of cultures and institutions is helpful in the understanding of sociology and on the collections of materials. In order to understand the past society and activities, we have to take the help of History. Sociology concerned with the study of the historical development of human society. It studies ancient customs, modes of living, various stages of life and past social institutions through the historical analysis. This information about the past is of great importance to sociologists. For instance, if a sociologist has to study family and marriage as social institutions he has to study their historical developments also. Owing to this reason, Arnold Toynbee’s book “A Study of History” and Spengler’s book “Decline of the West” are very valuable of the study of sociology.
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Sociology and Political Science are different from each other on the following grounds:
(1) Sociology is a science of society. Sociology studies all kinds of society, organized or un-organised. But Political Science is a science of State and Government. and studies only politically organized societies.
(2) The scope of Political Science is narrower than the scope of Sociology or the scope of Sociology is much wider than that of Political Science. Sociology studies all the social institutions whereas Political Science studies only State and Government.
(3) Sociology deals with social man or studies man as a social animal. On the other hand, Political Science deals with political man and studies man as a political animal.
(4) Sociology deals with conscious and unconscious activity of man, where Political Science deals with the conscious activity of man.
(5) The approach of Sociology is sociological. It follows its own methods in addition to the scientific methods in its investigation. On the other hand, the approach of Political Science is political. It has its own method of study like the historical, philosophical comparative.
(6) Finally, Sociology is quite young. It is not even two centuries old. On the other hand, Political Science is an older science. It has centuries of history of its own.