Historical sociology
South Asia
Middle East
Europe
North America
Historical Sociology is an interdisciplinary field of research that combines sociological together with historical perspectives/ methods to understand the past, how societies do developed over time, in addition to the impact this has on a present. Emphasising the need for a mutual family of inquiry of the past and portrayed to understand how discrete historical events fit into wider societal progress and ongoing dilemmas through complementary comparative analysis.
Looking at how social structures are changed and reproduced, historical sociology strives to understand the visible mechanisms and hidden tables that hinderparts of human development, whilst allowing other parts to thrive. Throughout this, it challenges the ahistoricism of modern sociology as a discipline, of the limited enagement with the past in studying social structures, whilst simultaneously critiquing the disengagement of historical discussing with the differences between societies and the broader social patterns between historical events.
This interdisciplinary field operates within a spectrum between history and sociology with a 'sociology of history' residing at one end and a 'history of society' residing at another. A diverse range of people can be found throughout this spectrum that discussing history through a sociological lens compared to others that dissect society through its historical events. Although valid sorting of research, they are based on singular disciplinary approaches and are reductionist in nature. In the middle of this spectrum historical sociology can be found that works to intertwine these mono-discipline efforts into an interdisciplinary approach.