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Lenin's hopes that Sorokin would convert to devout Bolshevism were disappointed. In new articles Lenin attacked Sorokin, calling him "typical of the most implacable part of the Russian intelligentsia," and in 1922 Sorokin was banished from Russia...
...Sorokin has not taught a class for almost 20 years, but be continues to write and give occasional lectures. At 77 he lives in Winchester, devoting considerable time to his garden, especially his azaleas, which he describes as "old and somewhat senile -- like myself...
Like many immodest men Sorokin finds great pleasure in feigning humility. He points out that interest in his sociological ideas ("my yarns") is reviving in Russia. Or he mentions a Rutgers University speaking invitation, calling him one of the world's most distinguished teachers, and adds, "I cannot understand why they would have wanted...
...Sorokin is frequently dissatisfied. He objects to many recent University appointments in the social and political sciences, charging that many new Faculty members are not scholars, but "good little bureaucrats from the State Department...
Concern for peace impelled Sorokin to found the "Harvard Center for Research in Creative Altruism" in 1949. As its first and only chairman Sorokin has often been criticized, more often ridiculed. His research into the lives of 4600 Christian saints and 500 living American altruists, his descriptions of five-dimensional love, and his study of Raja-Yoga techniques have led many to regard him mistakenly as a ludicrous eccentric...