printSelected Business Correspondence of Sociologists P.A. Sorokin and R. Thurnwald (1928–1954)
Golovin N.A.
Dr. Sci. (Sociol.), Prof., Department of theory and history of sociology, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia n.golovin@spbu.ru
This publication was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research,project no. 20-011-00451, The Pitirim Sorokin Foundation, University Archives & Special Collections,University Library at the University of Saskatchewan, and the Yale University Library, USA (Manuscriptsand Archives Yale University Library). The correspondence comments use editorial correspondence held atYale University. R. Thurnwald’s reply letters to P.A. Sorokin are quoted and commented on in footnotes.
Rubric: Sociological heritage
For citation:
Golovin N.A. Selected Business Correspondence of Sociologists P.A. Sorokin and R. Thurnwald (1928–1954). Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya [Sociological Studies]. 2023. No 1. P. 124-130
Abstract
Correspondence between sociologist P.A. Sorokin (1889–1968), a professor at the University of Minnesota, then at Harvard University and head of the Harvard Center for the Study of Creative Altruism, and the German sociologist and cultural anthropologist R. Thurnwald (1869–1954), the founder of “Sociologus. A Journal of Social Psychology and Sociology” for 1928–1954 shows the recognition of Sorokin’s scientific authority in Germany, reveals his work in the magazine’s editorial board as a reviewer of book novelties, and details the preparation of his scientific articles for publication.
Keywords
P.A. Sorokin; R. Thurnwald; German sociology; American sociology; history of sociology
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