Sunday, February 15, 2015

RELATIONSHIP OF HISTORY WITH GEOGRAPHY AND SOCIOLOGY Hmangaihzuali 6th semester B.A Roll no- 561



            All intellectual disciplines are interrelated. If we turn the pages of history we can give enough materials for their relationship between one another.

 HISTORY AND SOCIOLOGY
             History and Sociology are closely liked. Sociology consist of some anthropology, ancient law, study of primitive social customs and habits and of social institutions. But the two disciplines are concerned with the study of man in the society. The two disciplines differ only in their approach. It is topical rather than chronological.
            The subject matter of history, sociology, civics, political science, etc. are all within the scope of sociology. Sociology studies the development of the human society at large. It aims at developing man into an ideal social being, History studies the development of society under various periods and under various conditions. The teaching of history should invariability be guided by the knowledge of sociology. Similarly, study and teaching of sociology also requires a lot of knowledge of history . For sociology certain things became very important like the role of valves, norms, role of conflict and consensus, development of different social units etc. A historian is also concerned with these because he studies the development of these social institutions. But a historians perspective is much wide and broader than a sociologist because he has always to generalize that they have to base their work on history, without historical perspective, their work becomes limited and narrow.

            According to H.E. Barnes ,’Sociology is the basic social science which can hope to give a generalized view of the social process and of social causation. Like the historians, the sociologists adopted the methods like the sampling techniques and questionnaires. In short sociology is more concerned with the general laws about the present whereas history with the unique features of the past.

                                        HISTORY  AND GEOGRAPHY

            History is intimately correlated to geography and in the 50’s the two subject were taught together. They are twin subject one stress time and other  emphasise on space. Both are concerned with the interplay of human and physical factors. Various factors taken into consideration are physical conditions of the life of man, climate, means of communication, etc. All these factors determine the direction of human life and history ceded by man and his activities. Truly speaking, historical study without geographical background would be inaccurate and unscientific. Mans mode of living, dieting and dressing, etc. are all determined by his physical environment.
            There are some histories like military, religion, etc which cannot be studied without the peculiarities of geography. The first thing we have to do it we have to place the people (society) in a particular geographical area. People first have to be located geographically. It is difficult to study history without this. The climate, soil, physical features also affect the way of life of the people. It affects the entire social organization so the geographical location of people definitely determines the entire pattern of life of those people. Geographical setting has to be studied in order to understand the life and culture of the people. Historians sought professional help from other social scientist in order to get the geographical settings of their historical works. One important fact was the area of geography study to the historical features which influence historical events. Geography thus have a close relationship with history and historians have to ground themselves with the geographical realities. Therefore, there can have no study of history without any geographical tools.
            The Annalist school of French historians which developed in the 1920’s (marc Bloch and Lucian febure) their early works are geographical works rather than historical works. Geographical  setting has to be studied in order to understand the life of culture of the people
            All the countries in the world have been greatly helped by the geographical factors. According to K.M Panikkar the Himalayas contributed very much to shape the life of the country. No doubt the geographical discoveries that took place during the 15th and 16th centuries altered the history of mankind.
            Finna, zirna engpawh mai hi an in kungkaih vek a, history phek kan han keu hian thildang nena an in kungkaihna tawk fang sawitur kan nei thei ang.


HISTORY LEH SOCIOLOGY;

            History leh sociology te hi an in thlunzawm nghet hle a. Sociology ah hian anthropology te, hmasang dan, hun hmasa a, hnam chindan an habit leh khawtlang zirna chanchin te kan zir thin a. Tin, heng subject history leh sociology ah te hian vantlang nun a mihring khawsak dank an zir thin a ni. Danglamna leh an inan lohna sawi tur ting erawh a awm ve a, sociology hi chu hun indawt dan chhuina lam nilo in thil thleng lai mek leh vantlang ngaihven lam thil zirna a ni.
            Heng subject history, sociology, civics, political science leh a dang te pawh hi sociology huang chhung ah hian an awm vek a. sociology hian mihring society lo than chhoh zel dan a zir zel a, he zirna hian mihring khawsak phung diktak leh than lenna zirna kawngah hma nasa takin a la a, history ah pawh period hrang hrang leh dinhmun hrang hrang in todelh dank an zir ve bawk thin. Chuvang in history zirtur leh zirtir tur chuan sociology lama hriatna leh thiamna neih a ngai a, sociology zir tur leh zirtir tur pawhin history hriat angai ve bawk a ni. Sociology zir tur chuan mihring ngaihhlut zawng te, kan khawsak phung a thil pawimawh em em te zir chian a, hriat chian hi thil pawimawh tak a ni a, Historian te pawh in heng thil te hi an zir angai vet ho bawk, chutichuan history leh sociology te chu kan zir kawp a, belhchian an inti dawl tawn thin a ni. Historian ngaihtuahna leh an thlu`k zawng chu sociologist aiin a zau zawk a, a chhan chu historian te hian mihring hun kaltawh an tun hun leh hun lo la awm tur te an vaihma vek mai a, sociologist te hnathawh leh thilzir hi history a in nghat vek a ni a, hunk al tawh thlir tel chuan an thil zir te hi a fiah tawklo in belhchian a dawllo a ni.
            H.E Barnes a chuan sociology hi social science bulthut a ni a social process leh social causation te zawng zawng min  hriatthiam tir a, historians te ang bawkin, sociologist te hian sampling techniques leh questionaries method s te an hmang thin a ni. A tawi zawng a sawi chuan sociology ah chuan dan panngai tak a kan thlurbing lain history ah erawh hunk al tawh a thil thleng danglam tak tak te kan sawi tel thin.
                                        
HISTORY LEH GEOGRAPHY

            History leh Geography hi subject in unau tak a ni a, 50’s bawr vel ah phei kha chuan heng  subject te hi zir dun a ni thin a ni. An pahnih hian phi rang mai niin pakhat in hun chungchang uar tak a a thlur bing lain pakhat leh chu hmun leh thil thleng zirna a ni. Mihring te leh leilung in kungkaih dan heng subject ah te hian kan zir thin. Hun hrang hrang a min hriattir a tum ber lain geography chuan mihring te chenna leh environment chhuina a ni vet hung a ni. History leh geography te hian mihring nun leh a chhehvel thil ten en inlaichinna nghet tak an nei a. History kan chhuina ah geography hi a kil a lung tangkai tak a ni a, thilthleng tawhte tifiahtu niin zirchianna ti belhchian dawltu a ni fo thin. Chutiang bawkin history a thil thlengte hi a hunlai sik leh sa in biak pawhna leh thildang dang chhuichian nan a tangkai bawk a ni. Diktak a sawi chuan geographical background neilo a history zir chu a dik famkim lo a, belhchian a dawllo tlangpui a ni. Mihring nundan, ei leh in, thawmhnaw leh thildang te hi an physical environment in a thunun vek bawk a ni.
            History thenkhat heng military, religion, etc te hi geography tello a zir theih a nilo a. Ahmasa berah chuan mihring (society) te chuan an chenna turin geographical location hrelo a mihring chanchin zir chian chu a harsa hle ang. Climate, soil leh physical features te hian mihring te nunphung a khawih danglam a, an geographical location a zirin khawtlang kalphung hnam zia rang leh eizawnna thleng in danglamna a awm thei bawk. Historians te hian an historical works a geographical settings an neih theihnan social scientist dangte puihna anal thin a, historian te hian climate leh leilung pianzia in history a thilthleng te a thunun dan zirtur in rim tak in an thawk thin a ni. Geographical tools tello chuan history hi a zir theihloh ti ila kan sawisual awmlo e.

            Annales school, French historians Marc Bloch leh Lucian Febuse ten 1920’s vela an rawn develop a an hmalakna hmasa ber chu historical work nilo in geographical work a ni a, mihring nun leh culture zir tur chuan an ram leilung chanchin a hriat a ngaih tlat vang a ni.
            Khawvel a ram zawng zawng te hi an ram leilung pianhmang hian nasa takin a tanpui a. K.M Panikara chuan Himalaya hian a rama chengte nun hi kawng tamtak ah a thunun a ni ati. 15thleh 16th century vela geographical discoveries te khan mihring te history hi rinhlelh na tur a  awm miahlo in a ti danglam a ni.

REFERENCES: 
1). Jayapalan.N, Historiography, Atlantic publishes and distributors (p) Ltd, 2003.


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