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Characterizing himself a as "conservative Christian anarchist," Pitirim A. Sorokin, professor of sociology, in last night's Forum on "Are We Going to the dogs?" prescribed fundamental social, cultural, and economic reorganization of himself as the remedy that will save the Western World from its plunge toward social and cultural degeneracy...
Speaking on a subject announced as "Are We Going to the Dogs?" will be: Pitrim A. Sorokin, professor of Sociology; Wilfred Wellock, Labor Member of Parliament, 1927-31; and Henry D. Aiken, associate professor of Philosophy. As usual a discussion period will follow the speeches, with questions from the floor...
Professor Sorokin, who has written several books on Russia and has a doctorate in Sociology from the University of Petersburg, was banished from that country in 1922 and condemned to death if he returned...
...Royal Academy of Science of Belgium has elected Pitirim A. Sorokin, professor of Sociology and widely known author, to a foreign membership in the class of the political and moral sciences in a recent meeting. Sorokin is also a member of Rumanian and Czechoslovak academies...
...some basic issues, however, the speakers found points of agreement. Professor Sorokin built his argument around the principle that "an integrated system of values is more important to happiness than empiricism," white Wild asserted that "we must learn to think a subject through to its basic issues." Though Williams agreed that rationality was essential, he felt that in itself it had its limits: "Men cannot stand the strain of rationality," he said...