This volume brings together some of the biggest names in the
field of sociology to celebrate the work of Pitirim A. Sorokin,
professor and founder of the department of sociology at Harvard
University. Sorokin, a past president of the American Sociological
Association, was a pioneer in many fields of research, including
sociological theory, social philosophy, methodology, and sociology
of science, law, art, and knowledge. Edward A. Tiryakian's updated
introduction examines major factors, inside and outside sociology,
that have led to new appreciation of Sorokin's contributions and
scholarship, and demonstrates their continued relevance. This new
edition also includes an updated bibliography of works by and about
Sorokin.
The volume includes Arthur K. Davis, who describes Sorokin's
importance as a teacher in the Socratic tradition. Talcott Parsons
examines internal differentiation in Christianity in its historical
Western development. Thomas O'Dea deals with the
institutionalization of religious values. Walter Firey examines how
actors relate their conception of a distant future to their present
behavior. Florence Kluckhohn focuses upon the problem of cultural
variations within a social system. Robert K. Merton and Elinor
Barber examine the sociological aspect of ambivalence. Bernard
Barber considers the American business's efforts to
institutionalize professionalism.
Other contributors include Charles P. Loomis, Wilbert E. Moore,
Georges Gurvitch, Marion J. Levy, Jr., Nicholas S. Timasheff, Carle
Zimmerman, and Logan Wilson. This volume is an essential collection
of essays concerning the work of one of the most prominent thinkers
in twentieth-century sociology.
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