"History is the past Sociology and Sociology is the present History". Examine

H.E. Howard remarks that History is the past sociology and sociology is the present history. Seeley also says that History without sociology is fruitless and sociology without History is rootless.

Sociology is present History.

Sociologists who presented the evolutionary theories of social change study the historical evolution of society. According to Auguste Comte, society evolved from:

theological -> meta physical -> positivism.

Studies on development, cyclical theories of social change account for the present history. They study - work and economic life, politics, religion, family & kinship etc.

History is past sociology

History is one of the oldest branch of social science. In order to understand one's present it is necessary to know the past. In fact, theories of Indology, Egyptology attempt to understand History as the past sociology.

Historical materialism of Karl Marx connects the subjects of History and sociology on the basis of economic determinism.

Sociology and History are complementary to each other and give a holistic understanding of society.