my Sorokin books

 

 

my Sorokin books

 

The attached Word document (above) contains an inventory of books by and about Pitirim A. Sorokin in my personal home library.

 

— Roger W. Smith

     July 2023

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Author: Roger W. Smith

Roger W. Smith is a writer and independent scholar based in New York City. His experience includes freelance writing and editing, business writing, book reviewing, and the teaching of writing and literature as an adjunct professor at St. John’s University. Mr. Smith's interests include personal essays and opinion pieces; American and world literature; culture, especially books and reading; classical music; current issues that involve social, moral, and philosophical views; and experiences of daily living from a ground level perspective. Sites on WordPress hosted by Mr. Smith include: (1) rogersgleanings.com (a personal site comprised of essays on a wide range of topics) ; (2) rogers-rhetoric.com (covering principles and practices of writing); (3) roger-w-smiths-dreiser.site (devoted to the author Theodore Dreiser); and (4) pitirimsorokin.com (devoted to sociologist and social philosopher Pitirim A. Sorokin).

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  1. Thank you for your website! I studied at Transylvania University, Lexington, KY (BA 1973) with Dr. Benjamin Lewis who in turn had studied at Harvard with Dr. Sorokin. Indeed Dr. Sorokin spoke at Transylvania sometime in the 60’s. I’m not sure of the dates. But there may be a publication related to his presentation? I’ll be back to visit your website often!

    Again, thank you and best wishes,

    Sincerely,

    Louise Glenn

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    1. Thank you for your interest in my sight, Louise. Sorokin spoke once at my alma mater, Brandeis University, when I was a student there, but I was not aware of and did not attend the lecture. My father attended Harvard, and his transcript shows that he took the two semester introductory course Social Relations 1a and 1b, which was taught by Sorokin. Despite having formed an interest in Sorokin rather early, I did not know this until much later, and never discussed Sorokin with my father. Sorokin had a relationship with Lewis A. Coser, whose sociology course I took at Brandeis Also with Abraham Maslow, who was teaching at Brandeis when I was there.

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