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Pitirim Sorokin was a Russian sociologist who lived from 1889 to 1968 and made significant contributions to the study of society and human behavior. His work is considered important in the development of sociology as a scientific discipline, particularly his theories about how societies change and the patterns that emerge across different cultures and historical periods.
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- 1889-01-21
- Died
- 1968-02-12
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Pitirim Alexandrovich Sorokin (/səˈroʊkɪn, sɔː-/; Russian: Питирим Александрович Сорокин; 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, three times imprisoned by the Czarist regime for "revolutionary activity." His active opposition to the Bolsheviks led, after they were in power, to his arrest and sentence to death. Only with the help and intervention of friends, including Thomas Masaryk and Edouard Beneš, was his sentence commuted to permanent exile, which led Sorokin to flee to Czechoslovakia.
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1889 births1968 deaths20th-century American philosophers20th-century American sociologists20th-century Russian philosophersAmerican people of Komi descentAmerican people of Russian descentAmerican philosophers of cultureAmerican systems scientistsComplex systems scientistsCross-cultural studiesDenaturalized citizens of the Soviet Union