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Discuss the relevance of historical method in the study of society

  • UPSC 2015
  • Sociology as a Science

The historical method studies society by tracing its trajectory through time, treating present institutions as the outcome of a specific historical sequence rather than as fixed, ahistorical facts to be captured in a single synchronic snapshot.

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  • Weber's Historical-Comparative Method as the Exemplary Case
  • What the Historical Method Uniquely Offers
  • Contemporary Relevance: Caste as a Concrete Illustration
  • Limits and Complementary Role

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