Pitirim Sorokin | |
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Питирим Сорокин | |
 Sorokin in 1917 | |
| Born | 4 February [O.S. 23 January] 1889 |
| Died | 10 February 1968 (aged 79) |
| Nationality | Russian |
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| Alma mater | Saint Petersburg Imperial University |
| Spouse | Elena Petrovna Sorokina (née Baratynskaya) (1894–1975) |
| Children | Peter Sorokin, Sergei Sorokin |
| Awards | 55th President of American Sociological Association |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Sociology |
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| Doctoral students | Robert K. Merton |
Pitirim Alexandrovich Sorokin (/səˈroʊkɪn, sɔː-/;[1] Russian: Питири́м Алекса́ндрович Соро́кин; 4 February [O.S. 23 January] 1889 – 10 February 1968) was a Russian American sociologist and political activist, who contributed to the social cycle theory.
Sorokin was a professor at Saint Petersburg Imperial University. He was repressed by Vladimir Lenin's communist regime, which led Sorokin to flee to Czechoslovakia with the help of Thomas Masaryk and Edouard Benes.[2] He became a professor of sociology at the University of Minnesota in 1924.[2] In 1930, he was hired as head of the newly formed department of sociology at Harvard University.[2]
A member of the Socialist Revolutionary Party in Russia, he was arrested multiple times by both the Czarist regime and the communist regime.
- ^ "Sorokin". Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.
- ^ a b c Simpson, Richard L. (1953). "Pitirim Sorokin and His Sociology". Social Forces. 32 (2): 120–131. doi:10.2307/2573709. ISSN 0037-7732. JSTOR 2573709.