Sociology and its difference with other social sciences
Sociology and its difference with other social sciences —History, Political Science and Psychology
- Sociology & History(similarities)
- History is the reconstruction of man’s past. It is study of the experience of man kind. It is a record of the human past.
- Historian are interested in what happened at a particular time in the past.
- Historian are only concentrate only on the past.
History:
History is a study of past, which people have already lived. Data for
historian come in the form of records form museums, libraries and
personal collection of people.
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- Sociology as science of society on the other hand is interested in the present. It studies various stages of human life.
- Sociology has thus to depend upon the history for its materials. e.g.
- If
he wants to study of marriage and family he must study their historical
development also. Similarly he wants to know the impact of Islamic
culture on the Hindu culture
- Difference between sociology & History
- Sociology is interested in the study of present with all their complexity.
- Sociology is relatively young social science. It has very short history of its own.
- Sociology is an analytical science.
- Sociology is generalizing science.
- History deals with the past events of man. It is silent regarding the present
- History is an age-old social science. It has a long story of 2000 years or even more.
- History is descriptive science.
- History is an individualizing science.
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- Political science deals with political activities of man.
- Political
science has its own topics such as origin, evolution and functions of
state, the forms of Government, types of constitutions, administration
law, legislation, elections, voting, political movements.
- Political
science is concerned with state. There are some common topics of
interest for both sociologist and political scientists. Such as war,
mass movements, government control, public opinion, propaganda,
leadership, elections, voting.
- Further many social
problems are also deep political problems (clashes of Muslims and
Christians, Hindus and Muslims, Asian and Europeans.
- Difference between Sociology & Political Science
- Sociology is a science of society.
- Sociology studies all kind of societies organized as well as un organized.
- Sociology has a wider scope.
- Sociology studies man as fundamentally a social animal.
- The
approach of sociology is sociological. It follows its own methods in
addition to the scientific methods in its investigations.
- Finally sociology is quite young. It is not even two centuries old.
- political science is a science of state and government.
- Political science studies only the politically organized societies.
- Political science has narrower field.
- Political science studies man as a political animal.
- Political
science is a special social science because it concentrates only on the
human relationships which are political in character.
- Political science is an older science comparatively. It has centuries of history.
- Difference between Sociology & Psychology
- Psychology is the study of individual behavior and mental processes- what occurs in the mind.
- Sociology studies society and social groups.
- Sociology analysis social processes.
- Sociology studies society form sociological point of view.
- Psychology studies behavior of individual in society. Its focus of interest is individual and not the society as such.
- Psychology concerned with behavior of individuals.
- Psychology studies the individual’s behavior form the view point of psychological factors involved.
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