Pitirim A. Sorokin

Pitirim A. Sorokin was born in 1889 in Komi (province in Northern Russia) into a peasant family. During his early childhood he traveled with his father and two brothers earning their living by remodeling and painting rural churches. His strong interest in education, combined with a natural talent and work ethic, soon transformed him into a leading Russian social scientist and famous politician who was at the center of the Russian Revolution in 1917. In 1923, after his banishment by the Bolsheviks, Pitirim Sorokin started a new life in the United States

Annotation……………………………………………………………………………2
Biography……………………………………………………………………………..3
Sociology as a Science…………………………………………………………..4
Major Fields of Sorokin's Philosophy of History……………………..6
Sorokin's Sociocultural Congeries, Systems,
and Supersystems………………………………………………………………...7
Main Cultural Systems and Supersystems……………………….….….9
Social Systems and Social Congeries (or Organized and Unorganized Groups)……………………………………………………….…..12
Interrelationship of Social and Cultural Systems…………….……..13
Writings on Social Change…………………………………………………….14
10. Sorokin as a Social Change Writer……………………………………….15
11. Social Change and Sorokin's Philosophy of History……………...16
12. Systematization of Social Change………………………………….….…17
13. Conclusion………………………………………………………………………….19
14. Vocabulary...............................................................................19
15. References……………………………………………………………………….…20