Sociology and its relation with other social sciences
CHAPTER 3
Application of Social Sciences in Human Life
Social Sciences concern people’s relationship and interactions with one another. Sociology can be defined as the science that deals with human relationship. It is the study of how human beings relate with each other, how each individual relationship has been influenced by other people and patterns which are formed out of their interactive relationships. Sociology emphasizes group relationships and total social environment. Sociology studies human behaviour in a different way from other academic approaches. It is widely applicable in all spheres of human life like economics, law, anthropology, history, sociology, political science.
Sociology is considered as mother of social sciences. Hence there is a close and intimate relationship between sociology and other social sciences. A multi-disciplinary field, Sociology draws from a variety of other social sciences, including anthropology, political science, psychology and economics. Many comparatively new fields such as communication studies, cultural studies, demography and literacy theory, draw upon methods that originated in sociology.
Sociology and History are so intimately related that writers like Von-Bulow have refused to acknowledge Sociology as a science distinct from History. History is the record of the life of societies of men, of the changes which the societies have gone through, of the ideas which have determined the actions of these societies and of the material conditions which have helped or hindered their development. It studies the various stages of life, modes of living customs, manners and their expression in the form of social institutions. Sociology is concerned with the study of the historical development of the societies. G.H. Howard even remarked that History is past Sociology and Sociology is present History.
G.E.C Catlin remarked that Political Science and Sociology are two faces or aspects of same figure. Political Science is a
Application of Social Sciences in Human Life
Social Sciences concern people’s relationship and interactions with one another. Sociology can be defined as the science that deals with human relationship. It is the study of how human beings relate with each other, how each individual relationship has been influenced by other people and patterns which are formed out of their interactive relationships. Sociology emphasizes group relationships and total social environment. Sociology studies human behaviour in a different way from other academic approaches. It is widely applicable in all spheres of human life like economics, law, anthropology, history, sociology, political science.
Sociology is considered as mother of social sciences. Hence there is a close and intimate relationship between sociology and other social sciences. A multi-disciplinary field, Sociology draws from a variety of other social sciences, including anthropology, political science, psychology and economics. Many comparatively new fields such as communication studies, cultural studies, demography and literacy theory, draw upon methods that originated in sociology.
Sociology and History are so intimately related that writers like Von-Bulow have refused to acknowledge Sociology as a science distinct from History. History is the record of the life of societies of men, of the changes which the societies have gone through, of the ideas which have determined the actions of these societies and of the material conditions which have helped or hindered their development. It studies the various stages of life, modes of living customs, manners and their expression in the form of social institutions. Sociology is concerned with the study of the historical development of the societies. G.H. Howard even remarked that History is past Sociology and Sociology is present History.
G.E.C Catlin remarked that Political Science and Sociology are two faces or aspects of same figure. Political Science is a