This grainy photograph of Pitirim A. Sorokin was published in The Daily Collegian (Wayne State University) on February 12, 1959.
The day before, Sorokin had delivered a lecture to “an overcrowded lecture hall” on the Wayne State University campus on a topic he had addressed numerous times: mutual convergence of the Russian and American systems and values.
— Roger W. Smith
October 2018
This caricature of Pitirim A. Sorokin lecturing at Harvard appeared in the Harvard Guardian, vol. II, no. 2 (November 1937), pg. 11.
— posted by Roger W. Smith
One of my favorite Sorokin books, Leaves from a Russian Diary, was reviewed in the Minneapolis Sunday Tribune in 1926.
Sorokin was teaching at the University of Minnesota then.
The following photo of Sorokin appeared in the newspaper. It is one of the best photos of Sorokin I have seen, and to me it was entirely new.
— posted by Roger W. Smith
Visitors to this site will be interested to know of the following sites devoted to Pitirim A. Sorokin:
Pitirim A. Sorokin Foundation (USA)
The Pitirim A. Sorokin Foundation (in Russian)
This Russian site is maintained by Александр Долгов (Aleksandr Dolgov). Aleksandr and his site are on Facebook.
Фонд Питирима Сорокина / Pitirim A. Sorokin Foundation
https://www.facebook.com/pitirim.sorokin.foundation/
— Roger W. Smith
July 2018; updated December 2020
Carle C. Zimmerman, ‘Sorokin; The World’s Greatest Sociologist’
Posted above as a downloadable PDF file is the inaugural Annual Sorokin Lecture, which was presented by Pitirim A. Sorokin’s friend and former colleague, the sociologist Carle C. Zimmerman, at the University of Saskatchewan in 1968.
The University of Saskatchewan is a main repository of materials from the personal library of Sorokin, including letters, notebooks, photographs, books, original and revised manuscripts, Sorokin’s works in translation, and book reviews. The university holds an annual lecture in Sorokin’s honor, with the most recent lecture, in the 49th in the series, having been given in January 2018.
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The PDF file posted above contains the complete text of:
“Sorokin, The World’s Greatest Sociologist: His Life and Ideas on Social Time and Change”
Sorokin Lectures No. 1
delivered by Carle C. Zimmerman
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
1968
— posted by Roger W. Smith
June 2018
review of ‘The Crisis of Our Age’ – The Thomist, July 1942
Posted here (above) as a downloadable PDF file is a review of The Crisis of Our Age by Pitirim A. Sorokin:
The Crisis of Our Age by Pitirim A. Sorokin (review)
By Louis A. Ryan
The Thomist: A Speculative Quarterly Review
Volume 4, Number 3 (July 1942), pp. 523-533
It is a very thorough and thoughtful as well as discerning review, and I thought it worth posting.
— Roger W. Smith
June 2018
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These photos were posted on Facebook by Valery E. Sharapov on May 29, 2018. They are posted here courtesy Mr. Sharapov.
Pitirim Alexandrovich Sorokin was born on 2 February (O.S. 21 January) 1889, in Turya, a small village in Yarensk uyezd, Vologda Governorate, Russian Empire (now Knyazhpogostsky District, Komi Republic, Russia).
Эти фотографии были размещены на Facebook Валерием Шараповым 29 мая 2018 года. Они размещены здесь любезно г-ном Шараповым.
Сорокин Питирим Александрович родился 2 февраля [O.S. 21 января] 1889 года, в Турии, маленькой деревне в Яренском уезде, Вологодской губернии, Российской империи (ныне Княжпогостский район, Республика Коми, Россия).
— Roger W. Smith
May 2018
Yuri Doykov, an independent journalist and historian based in Arkhangelsk, Russia has written several important books on Sorokin, including his two-volume biography Питирим Сорокин: Человек вне сезона (Pitirim Sorokin: A Timeless Man, 2008-2009).
Doykov’s work is the first real biography of Sorokin.
In 1996, the University Press of Kansas published Barry V. Johnston’s Pitirim A. Sorokin: An Intellectual Biography. The work is a valuable contribution to Sorokin studies, but it is not strictly a biography.
Given that most of Sorokin’s career was spent in the United States (and not minimizing the importance of his Russian years), it would be a great service to sociologists and social scientists in related fields to be have an English translation of Doykov’s biography available.
We are seeking responses from Russian scholars who would be willing to undertake a translation into English. Roger W. Smith is prepared to assist in preparation of the translation. While he is not qualified to undertake it himself, he has a working knowledge of Russian and professional editorial experience which would enable him to assist a translator and make the translation letter perfect in English.
We invite responses to either
Yuri Doykov
ydoikov@yahoo.com
or
Roger W. Smith
brandeis106@gmail.com
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Юрий Дойков, независимый журналист и историк из Архангельска, написал несколько важных книг о Сорокине, в том числе его двухтомную биографию: Питирим Сорокин. Человек вне сезона (2008-2009).
Работа Дойкова – первая настоящая биография Сорокина.
В 1996 году университетская пресса Канзаса опубликовала «Питирим А. Сорокин» Барри В. Джонстона: «Интеллектуальная биография». Работа является ценным вкладом в исследования Сорокина, но это не совсем биография.
Учитывая, что большая часть карьеры Соркина проводилась в Соединенных Штатах (и не сводя к минимуму важность его российских лет), это было бы отличным сервисом для социологов и социологов в смежных областях, чтобы иметь английский перевод биографии Дойкова.
Мы ищем ответы от российских ученых, которые хотели бы взять перевод на английский язык. Роджер У. Смит готов помочь в подготовке перевода. Несмотря на то, что он не имеет возможности самостоятельно заниматься этим, он имеет опыт работы с русским и профессиональным редакционным опытом, который позволил бы ему помочь переводчику и сделать переводное письмо совершенным на английском языке.
Мы приглашаем
Юрий Дойков
или
Roger W. Smith
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Pitirim Sorokin: A Timeless Man
Contents
Volume 1
Chapter 1 Life of Sorokin before the First World War. 1889-1916
Chapter 2. Participation of Sorokin in the Russian Revolution and the Struggle against the Bolsheviks 1917-1918
Chapter 3 Sorokin’s work at Petrograd University and expulsion from Soviet Russia
on the orders of Lenin and Trotsky. 1919-1922
Volume 2
Chapter 1 Life of Sorokin in Prague.Czechoslovakia 1922-1923
Chapter 2 Sorokin’s work at the University of Minnesota 1923-1930
Chapter 3. Sorokin at Harvard 1930-1968
Питирим Сорокин. Человек вне сезона
Содержание
Том 1
Глава 1 Жизнь Сорокина до Первой мировой войны.1889-1916
Глава 2.Участие Сорокина в Русской революции и борьбе с большевиками 1917-1918
Глава 3 Работа Сорокина в Петроградском университете и высылка из Советской России
по указанию Ленина и Троцкого. 1919-1922
Том 2
Глава1 Жизнь Сорокина в Праге.Чехословакия 1922-1923
Глава2 Работа Сорокина в университете Миннесоты 1923-1930
Глава 3. Сорокин в Гарварде 1930-1968
Sidney Hook review of ‘Society, Culture & Personality’ – NY Times 8-17-1947
Posted here as a PDF file (above) is review of Society, Culture and Personality by Pitirim A. Sorokin:
“Man’s Destiny: A Scientific View”
(review of Society, Culture, and Personality)
By Sidney Hook
The New York Times
August 17, 1947
The review is a harsh, biting attack on Sorokin’s scholarship and views.
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Sidney Hook (1902-1989) was an American philosopher known for his contributions to the philosophy of history, the philosophy of education, political theory, and ethics. After embracing Communism in his youth, Hook was later known for his criticisms of totalitarianism, both fascism, and Marxism-Leninism.
— Roger W. Smith
March 2018
‘almost any catastrophe would fit into Harvard’ prof’s thesis’ – Balt Sun 10-2-1935
He Told Us So
Almost Any Catastrophe Would Fit Into Harvard Professor’s Thesis
By U. P. Ives
The Baltimore Sun, October 2, 1939, pg. 8
Full article posted above as a downloadable PDF file.
— posted by Roger W. Smith
March 2018
Pitirim Alexandrovich Sorokin 