Sorokin Books

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Pitirim A. Sorokin's historische un Soziologische Arbeiten
Pitirim A. Sorokin's historische un Soziologische Arbeiten
Folder contains typescripts with corrections (in English with title "The historical and sociological works of Pitirim A. Sorokin"). Includes manuscript comments by Sorokin, plus some correspondence relating to the translation of the article into German and to its publication.
Pitirim Sorokin A.: a Memorial Minute Adopted By the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Harvard University
Pitirim Sorokin A.: a Memorial Minute Adopted By the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Harvard University
The life and times of Pitirim Sorokin principal founder and first chairman of the Department of Sociology at Harvard.
Pitirim Sorokin and the American Sociological Association: The Politics of a Professional Society
Pitirim Sorokin and the American Sociological Association: The Politics of a Professional Society
Essay is found in a folder containing various articles (in finding aid: 28 -38). It was published in the Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, Volume 23. Johnston presents a mostly biographical piece.
Problems of Sociological Methods
Problems of Sociological Methods
Journal contains hand written lecture and research notes; loose typewritten questions; the flip side of the journal contains course material on problems of sociological methods
Reconstruction of Humanity
Reconstruction of Humanity
File folder contains book reviews by others of Sorokin's book Reconstruction of Humanity. This book is the product of a research project conducted at Harvard and outlines what must be changed in social institutions, in culture-systems, and in personality to avoid new catastrophes and create a peaceful world.
Reminiscences of Sorokin
Reminiscences of Sorokin
One of two items in folder. The item is an introduction written by Loomis in 1959 and reprinted as a supplement to the Indian Journal of Social Research in 1969.
Research Society Proposal
Research Society Proposal
Confidential draft proposal for the Research Society for Creative Altruism into the "Center for the Study of Human Values". The report outlines the structure, purpose; 10 areas of concern, management and important goals to be reached; a document entitled Why and What of the new association explaining four reasons for its establishment; a separate folder containing a program from the conference on New Knowledge in Human Values which the Research Society for Creative Altruism held and thoughts from the audience members; article about the Research Society for Creative Altruism and the connection between scientific reports, experiements, tabulations and love, ethics, values and altruism.
Russian Revolution and Russia Today and Her Future.
Russian Revolution and Russia Today and Her Future.
Clippings from various media regarding Sorokin's lectures on the Russian Revolution and it's socio-cultural effects given in Spring of [1924?].
Search for Incorruptibles
Search for Incorruptibles
Article is about Sorokin's propsal to search for young incorruptible would would be training in a university where they would lead a monastic life. File folder contains clippings from various medias.
Social and Cultural Dynamics (Review)
Social and Cultural Dynamics (Review)
Review of Social and Cultural Dynamics, Vol. 1 - Fluctuation of Forms of Art; Vol. II - Fluctuation of Systems of Truth, Ethics, and Law; Vol. III - Fluctuation of Social Relationships, War, and Revolution. American Journal of Sociology v. XLIII, no.5, March.
Social and Cultural Dynamics: Three Volumes ( Review)
Social and Cultural Dynamics: Three Volumes ( Review)
Each volume of Social and Cultural Dynamics is reviewed individually by a different author: Fluctuation of Forms of Art; Fluctuation of Systems of Truth, Ethics and Law; Fluctuation of Social Relationships, War and Evolution. American Social Review, December 1937.

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