Scope and relation of sociology with other science

1. PRESENTATION ON SCOPE & RELATION OF
SOCIOLOGY & OTHER SCIENCES

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Different social sciences deals with the different aspects of social
life of man.
Accordingly History, Anthropology, Psychology, Economics
& Political Science, these social sciences are
interrelated.
• It is essentials for the student of sociology to know in what respect
his subject differs from other social sciences and what ways it is
related to them.
• Some social thinkers says that sociology is the basic and sole
social science and others are its divisions.
• It is essential for us to know the interrelations between sociology
and history, economics, anthropology, political science,
psychology.

3. Science referto the logical, systematic methods
by which knowledge is obtained and to be the actual body of
knowledge produced by thesemethods.
Science is asocial institutionand away to produce
knowledge.
A Science is a body of organized verified
knowledge which has been secured through scientific
investigation.

4. Types of
Science
Natural
Science
Physical
Science
Biological
Science
Social
Science
Plants
Animals
Moon Stars
River
Physics
Mathematics
Chemistry
Geology
Biology
Agriculture
Geography
Astronomy
Sociology
History
Anthropology
Economics

5. Anthropology
• The word anthropology derived from two Greeks words,
‘Anthropos’- meaning man and logs mean study.
“Thus anthropology is the study of man”.
“The science of man and his works and behavior”
. In number of universities anthropology and sociology
are administratively organized into one department.

6. Difference between Sociology & Anthropology
• Sociology
2. Sociology is the study of
modern civilized and
complex societies.
3. Sociologist study the
institutions marriage,
family or processes such
as change, social mobility.
4. Sociologist studies small
as well as large societies.
5. Sociology makes use of
observation, interview,
social survey,
questionnaires and other
method of techniques in
its investigations.
• Anthropology
2. Anthropology concerns
with un civilized or primitive
and non literate societies.
4. Anthropologist study
human primitive cultures.
5. Anthropologist usually
concentrate on small
societies.
6. Anthropologist directly go
and live in the communities
they study. They make use
of direct observations and
interviews.

7. Sociology & History
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.

8. Sociology
• Sociology as science of society on the other hand is
interested in the present. It studies
human life.
various stages of
• 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

9. Difference between sociology &
History
• Sociology • History
2. Sociology is interested in
the study of present with all
their complexity.
2. History deals with the past
events of man. It is silent
regarding the present
3. Sociology is relatively 3. History is an age-old social
young social science. It
has very short history of its
own.
science. It has a long story
of 2000 years or even
more.
4. Sociology is an analytical
science.
4. History is descriptive
science.
5. Sociology is generalizing
science.
5. History is an individualizing
science.

10. Political Science
• 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.

11. Difference between Sociology & Political
Science•
2.
Sociology
Sociology
society.
3. Sociology studies all kind of
societies organized as well as un
organized.
4. Sociology has a wider scope.
5. Sociology studies man as
fundamentally a social animal.
6. The approach of sociology is
sociological. It follows its own
methods in addition to the
scientific methods in its
investigations.
7. Finally sociology is quite young.
It is not even two centuries old.
•
is a science of 2.
Political Science
political science is a science of
state and government.
3. Political science studies only the
politically organized societies.
4. Political science has
narrower field.
5. Political science studies man as a
political animal.
6. Political science is a special
social science because
itconcentrates only on the human
relationships which are political
in character.
7. Political science is an older
science comparatively. It has
centuries of history.

12. Difference between Sociology & Psychology
Psychology is the study of Individual behavior and mental
processes- what occurs in the mind.
•
3. Sociology studies society
and social groups.
5. Sociology analysis social
processes.
7. Sociology studies society
form sociological point of
view.
•Sociology Psychology
3. Psychology studies behavior of
individual in society. Its focus of
interest is individual and not the
society as such.
5. Psychology concerned
with behavior of
individuals.
7. Psychology studies the
individual’s behavior form the
view point of psychological
factors involved.

13. Economics deals with the economic activities of
man.
“economics studies the aspects of production,
distribution and exchange and consumption in
society”.
It studies the structure and function of
economic organization like banks,
factories, market, business, firms,
corporations, transport.
Economics

14. Difference between Two social
sciences
• Sociology
Sociology studies all kind
of social relationships
Sociology is general social
science.
Sociology is a science of
recent emergence.
• Economics
Economics deals with only
those social relationships
which are economic in
character.
Economics is a special
science.
Economics has attained an
advanced degree of
maturity.

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