DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SOCIOLOGY AND HISTORY
Despite the similarities, there are some differences between sociology and history which are as follows:
Sociology studies mainly contemporary events or resent past while history studies the past events.
History is concrete and sociology is abstract. According to Park, "History is the concrete while sociology is the abstract science of human experiences and human nature."
Sociologist are interested to find the general laws of this society where as the historians are interested to narrate this historical events in their conical Oder. This sociologist would try to find out the common aspects of the events recorded by the historians.
Sociology and history has different attitude. History has different attitude. History would deal events in all their aspects while sociology would study them from the view points of social relationship involved.
Sociology is the generalizing science. It seeks to establish generalization after a careful study of social phenomena. History on other hand is an individualizing science. It seeks to establish the sequence in which events occur.
The scope of sociology is wide while that of history is narrow.
Sociology is capable of indicating future, while history only gives the actual account of the past.