The presentation of the Collected works by Pitirim A. Sorokin was held on the 5th of April, at the Presidential Library after B.N. Yeltsin. This event was dedicated to the 130th anniversary of the birth of the outstanding Russian-American sociologist Pitirim A. Sorokin.
During the presentation, the volumes of the Collected works by Pitirim A. Sorokin, published by the Center “Nasledie” after Pitirim Sorokin, were presented to the Presidential Library after B.N. Yeltsin.
The director of the Center “Nasledie” O.Y. Kuzivanova told the audience about the new volume from the Collected works by Pitirim Sorokin “The Crisis of Our Age. Russia and the United States”. The book “The Crisis of Our Age” was published in 1941 and it is a short popular version of the main work of P.A. Sorokin “Social and Cultural Dynamics”. The book “Russia and the United States” is devoted to a comparative historical and sociological analysis of two countries, in the course of which is found much in common, the cooperation between Russia and the USA can become a powerful guarantor of peace. The texts of two works by P. Sorokin are translated and published in Russia for the first time.
The reports of the researchers of the scientific and creative heritage of an eminent sociologist were also presented at the presentation. A.I. Teryukov, the Chairman of St. Petersburg Komi community “Nevatas” made a presentation on the topic: “On the Places of Pitirim Sorokin in the City of the Neva River”. And the associate professor of the Department of Theory and History of Sociology of the St. Petersburg State University, M.V. Lomonosova told about Russian origins of academic sociology in the USA.
The presentation was attended by members of St. Petersburg Komi community “Nevatas”. The presentation was organized jointly with the Representation of the Republic of Komi in the Northwestern Region of the Russian Federation.
The photos are from the website of the Presidential library after B.N. Yeltsin
