Between Minnesota And Harvard: A Comments on Three German Journal Articles by P.A. Sorokin in 1928 and 1930

The Russian-American sociologist P.A. Sorokin (1889–1968) published several articles and reviews in German sociological journals in the 1920s and 1930s. Three of them are "Efficiency of Work and Remuneration" and "Experiments in Sociology" (1928), "Sociology as a Special Science" (1930). The articles reflect the growth of him scientific authority sense publication of his books, an invitation to Harvard, to the editorship of the German-American journal "Sociologus". The publication of this articles in Russian and commentaries to them reveals little-known issues of the institutionalization of sociology and P.A. Sorokin's scientific biography.

Keywords

P.A. Sorokin, general sociology, German sociology, institutionalization of sociology, experiments in sociology, sociology teaching

Acknowledgment

The research was funded by RFBR according to the project № 20-011-00451.

Received

20.01.2022

Publication date

27.01.2022

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GOST	Golovin N. Between Minnesota And Harvard: A Comments on Three German Journal Articles by P.A. Sorokin in 1928 and 1930 // Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya – 2022. – Issue 1 C. 84-92 [Electronic resource]. URL: http://ras.jes.su/socis/s013216250016196-8-1-en (circulation date: 23.03.2025). DOI: 10.31857/S013216250016196-8
MLA	Golovin, Nikolay A "Between Minnesota And Harvard: A Comments on Three German Journal Articles by P.A. Sorokin in 1928 and 1930." Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya 1 (2022):84-92. DOI: 10.31857/S013216250016196-8
APA	Golovin N. (2022). Between Minnesota And Harvard: A Comments on Three German Journal Articles by P.A. Sorokin in 1928 and 1930. Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya (1), pp.84-92 DOI: 10.31857/S013216250016196-8

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