Pitirim Sorokin Studies in Russia in the Context of the New Section on Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity in the American Sociological Association
@article{Krotov2012PitirimSS, title={Pitirim Sorokin Studies in Russia in the Context of the New Section on Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity in the American Sociological Association}, author={P. A. Krotov}, journal={The American Sociologist}, year={2012}, volume={43}, pages={366-373} }
The formation of the Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity section in the American Sociological Association opens a new page in studying Pitirim Sorokin’s intellectual inheritance and his contribution to this field. At the same, this event also lays a new ground for Sorokin studies in Russia. How these two processes are connected, and why organizational change in the American Sociological Association might have an impact on the development of sociology in Russia, are addressed in this…
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