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Pitirim A. Sorokin: An Intellectual Biography
- Barry V. Johnston
- Sociology
- 30 January 1996
Pitirim A. Sorokin (1889-1968) was one of the most original, important, and controversial figures in American sociology. His spectacular rise from a peasant childhood in Czarist Russia to the…
Pitirim A. Sorokin on Order, Change and the Reconstruction of Society: An Integral Perspective
- Barry V. Johnston
- Art
- 1999
Integralism is simultaneously an epistemology, psychology, sociology of change and theory of history. It is the theoretical foundation of Sorokin's general sociology and later works on the crisis of…
The contemporary crisis and the social relations department at Harvard: A case study in hegemony and disintegration
- Barry V. Johnston
- Sociology
- 1 September 1998
The history of sociology is marked by periods of theoretical pluralism and hegemony. Their interplay has resulted in the slow and uneven development of the discipline. Today, however, bodies of…
Sorokin and Parsons at Harvard: Institutional conflict and the origin of a hegemonic tradition
- Barry V. Johnston
- Sociology
- 1 April 1986
The early history of Harvard sociology is closely entwined with the careers and personalities of Pitirim Sorokin and Talcott Parsons. The processes and conditions that led to Parsons's rise and…
Altruism and social solidarity: Envisioning a field of specialization
- V. Jeffries, Barry V. Johnston, L. Nichols, Samuel P. Oliner, E. Tiryakian, J. Weinstein
- Psychology
- 1 September 2006
ConclusionThis article has presented a vision of what a field of altruism and social solidarity could potentially involve. An additional perspective on the nature of this field and how it could…
Integralism, Altruism, and Social Emancipation: A Sorokinian Model of Prosocial Behavior and Social Organization
- Barry V. Johnston
- Psychology
- 1 July 2001
Integralism is simultaneously an epistemology, psychology, sociology of change and theory of history. As used here it provides the theoretical underpinnings of Sorokin’s general sociology and later…
Pitirim Sorokin and the American sociological association: The politics of a professional society
- Barry V. Johnston
- Sociology
- 1 April 1987
On The Practice Of Sociology
- Gary D. Jaworski, P. Sorokin, Barry V. Johnston
- History
- 1998
Pitirim Sorokin rose from a peasant childhood in Russia to become a major figure in the history of sociology. However, he was considered both a pioneer and an outcast. This text includes essays by…
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