Integralism, Altruism and Reconstruction : Essays in Honor of Pitirim A. Sorokin / Elvira del Pozo Avinó, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pozo Avinó, Elvira del, editor.

Series:

Biblioteca Javier Coy d'estudis nord-americans ; Volume 41.

Biblioteca Javier Coy d'estudis Nord-Americans ; Volume 41

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociology--Philosophy.

Sociology.

Sociology--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (160 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Valencia : Publicacions de la Universitat de València, [2006]

Summary:

Integralism, Altruism and Reconstruction: Essays in Honor of Pitirim A. Sorokin presents the Russian sociologist Pitirim A. Sorokin (1889-1968) from the perspective of contemporary sociological thought. The nine authors in this book, who come from different universities in the United States and Spain, reflect on the bright and dark periods of Sorokin's academic career. Having experienced a very active political life in Russia, Sorokin emigrated to the United States in the 1930s, where he became a highly prestigious academic figure. He became head of the sociology department at Harvard University from 1930 to 1944, founded the Harvard Research Center in Creative Altruism in 1949, and was nominated as president of the American Sociological Association in 1964. But despite his distinguished and prolific academic career, much of his work was, and has been, largely ignored by mainstream sociology. This book describes why Sorokin's fate took such an unfortunate direction and highlights the existence today of a growing group of scholars interested in revitalising this important theorist and author.

Contents:

Preface / Barry V. Johnston

Introduction / Elvira del Pozo Avinó

Sorokin's Major Contribution to World Sociology / Samuel P. Oliner

A Sociologist for the Twenty-First Century: Pitirim A. Sorokin / Edward A. Tiryakian

The Eleven Theses of Integralism / Vincent Jeffries

The Diversity of Sorokin's Integralism: Eastern, Western, Christian and Non-Christian Variants / Lawrence T. Nichols

Pitirim A. Sorokin: The Way of Education, A Deep Secret? / José Beltrán Llavador

Fear of Death and Dying and Altruism: Toward A Theoretical Synthesis / Jay Weinstein and Jennifer Haskin Corwin

Sorokin and the Therapeutic of Love: A Critical Assessment / Stephen G. Post

Sorokin and Altruism: An Inspiration to Collective Action Studies / Elvira del Pozo Avinó

Pitirim A. Sorokin on Social Order, Change, and the Reconstruction of Society: An Integral Foundation / Barry V. Johnston.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Digitalia, viewed July 8, 2015)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9788437064543

8437064546

OCLC:

991928805