Question

Explain the relations between political science and history

Answer 1

The relationship between Political Science and History is very close and intimate.

The two are contributory and complementary.

The intimacy between Political Science and History is well-brought-out in the following couplet of Seeley, an eminent English author on History and Political Science.

“History without Political Science has no fruit,

Political Science without history has no root.”

The affinity between History and Political Science is so intimate that Freeman goes to the extent of saying that “history is past politics and politics present history.”

According to Professor Willoughby, “History gives us the third dimension of Political Science.”