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by Sorokin, Pitirim Aleksandrovich, Unknown| 1976| 357 pages| 12.951| other

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<p>Sorokins magnum opus is regarded by many to be <i>Social and Cultural Dynamics.</i> He classifies societies according to their 'cultural mentality'. This can be "ideational" (reality is spiritual and immaterial), "sensate" (truth is material and all things are in flux), or "idealistic" (a synthesis of the two).[10] </p>He suggested that significant civilizations evolve from a conceptual to an idealistic, and eventually to a sensate mentality. Each of these phases of cultural development not only seeks to describe the nature of reality, but also stipulates the nature of human needs and goals to be satisfied, the extent to which they should be satisfied, and the methods of satisfaction. Sorokin has interpreted the contemporary Western civilization as a sensate civilization, dedicated to technological progress and prophesied its fall into decadence and the emergence of a new ideational or idealistic era. In <i>Fads and Foibles</i>, he criticizes Lewis Terman's <i>Genetic Studies of Genius</i> research, showing that his selected group of children with high IQs did about as well as a random group of children selected from similar family backgrounds would have done

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Author:Sorokin, Pitirim Aleksandrovich, Unknown
Publication Year:1976
ISBN:837187338
Pages:357
Language:other
File Size:12.951
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