“In Memoriam: P. A. Sorokin” (Supplement, Indian Journal of Social Research, 1968)

 

tributes to Sorokin – Indian Journal of Social Research, April 1968

 

Posted here (PDF file above) is a series of post mortem tributes to Pitirim A. Sorokin that were published in in 1968 as a special supplement to the Indian Journal of Social Research, Volume IX, Number 1 (April 1968), pp. i-xvi

“In Memoriam: Pitirm Alexanderovich Sorokin: January 21, 1889-Feburary 10, 1968,” pp. i-iii

“Reminiscences of Sorokin,” by Charles P. Loomis, pp. iv-viii (written by Professor Loomis in 1959 and published posthumously)

TRIBUTES:

by Carle C. Zimmerman, pp. ix-xii

by Kenneth V. Lottich, pp. xii-xiii

The New York Times (reprinted from an anonymous obituary, condensed and slightly edited), pp. xiii-xiv

by Kewal Motwani, pp. xiv-xv

by Arnold J. Toynbee, pg. xvi

by Michael V. Belok, pg. xvi

by Santosh K. Nandy, pg. xvi

The editor of the journal, responsible for assembling the supplement, was G. C. Hallen, Professor of Sociology at J. V. College, Baraut (Meerut), India

 

— posted by Roger W. Smith

     August 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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