Rough Dialectics : : Sorokin's Philosophy of Value / / Palmer Talbutt Jr..

• Superior document: Value Inquiry Book Series ; 60
• VerfasserIn: Talbutt, Palmer, 1927-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden;, Boston : : BRILL,, 1998.
• Year of Publication: 1998
• Language: English
• Series: Value Inquiry Book Series ; 60.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (212 pages)

This is an exploration in depth of the social theory of the Russian-born thinker Pitirim A. Sorokin, who played a large role in American thought. Sorokin's contributions to theories of culture, social change, modernity, and dialectics are evaluated in this wide-ranging study. The book emphasizes the place of values in the comparative study of civilizations. This volume includes a translationby Lawrence T. Nichols of Sorokin's essay in Russian on Tolstoy as philosopher, as well as a chapter by Nichols on Tolstoy and Sorokin. In this book, Palmer Talbutt, Jr. examines his former teacher, Sorokin, within intellectual, educational, and cultural contexts. The work will be of especial interest to scholars in social philosophy, the philosophy of the social sciences, philosophy of culture, and comparative cultural studies.

Table of Contents

Frontispiece: Pitirim A -- Sorokin, ca -- 1941 Foreword by Roger W -- WESTCOTT -- Acknowledgements -- PART ONE THE BASICS ON SOROKIN -- I Introduction -- Rough Dialectics: How Rough Is It? 2 Sorokin's Life and Career -- 3 L -- N -- Tolstoy as a Philosopher by Pitirim A -- Sorokin -- 4 Sorokin, Tolstoy, and Civilizational Change by Lawrence T -- Nichols -- 5 Sorokin vs -- American Thought -- PART TWO CULTURAL SYSTEMS -- Photograph of Pitrim A -- Sorokin, ca -- 1929-1930 -- 6 Worldviews and Perspectivism -- 7 Culturative Systems: Ideational and Idealistic Parallels -- 8 Western and Hindu Roots of Philosophy -- 9 Sorokin and Cross-Cultural Comparisons -- PART THREE SOROKIN ON MODERNITY -- 11 Croce and Sorokin on Liberalizations -- 12 Sorokin and Toynbee -- 13 Reflections upon Sorokin -- 14 Dialectic Against Modernity -- 15 Postscript on the Radial Contrariety -- 16 Sorokin and the Workings of Culturative Symbolics -- 17 Conclusion: The Rough and the Smooth -- WORKS CITED -- About the Authors and Contributors -- Index.