Rough Dialectics: Sorokin's Philosophy of ValueThis 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. |
Contents
by Lawrence T Nichols | 33 |
PART TWO Cultural Systems | 51 |
and Idealistic Parallels | 61 |
Thought | 79 |
Sorokin and CrossCultural Comparisons | 89 |
Croce and Sorokin on Liberalizations | 105 |
Sorokin and Toynbee | 113 |
Dialectic Against Modernity | 123 |
Postscript on the Radial Contrariety | 151 |
Sorokin and the Workings of Culturative | 159 |
The Rough and the Smooth | 167 |
WORKS CITED | 177 |
ABOUT THE AUTHORS AND CONTRIBUTORS | 185 |
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