Rough Dialectics : : Sorokin's Philosophy of Value / / Palmer Talbutt Jr..
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 emphasize...
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| Superior document: | Value Inquiry Book Series ; 60 |
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| 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) |
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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.