The article is devoted to the evolution of history as one of the social sciences in the second half of the XX – early XXI centuries. The author analyses the main representations of the integration of social sciences and history, its role in the formation of the contemporary social knowledge. The article considers the phenomenon of social science history as a sphere of scientifically oriented social-historical studies based on the integration and collaboration of social sciences and humanities. Contradictions and perspectives of this interdisciplinary collaboration are discussed in the context of the influence analysis of scientific paradigms and intellectual turns of the epoch.