Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences: Sorokin Pitirim Revisited. His Place in Social Philosophy as a Transdisciplinary Thinker

Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences / Sorokin Pitirim Revisited. His Place in Social Philosophy as a Transdisciplinary Thinker

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Issue: Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2020 13 (8)
Authors: Antonovskiy, Alexander Yu.
Contact information: Antonovskiy, Alexander Yu.: Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences Moscow, Russian Federation; ; ORCID: 0000-0003-4209-8213
Keywords: Pitirim Sorokin; Niklas Luman; system-communicative theory; social systems
Abstract: The article reviews the contribution made by Pitirim Sorokin, Russian- American sociologist and philosopher, into the development of social thought during the Russian period of his work. It analyses the program of autonomation of sociology as a transdisciplinary science. It proves that Sorokin managed to anticipate many ideas of the system-communication theory being the most respected at the moment and to reveal the major conditions for crystallization of the modern communicatively differentiated society. With the achievements of science, psychology, philosophy, linguistics and evolution theory contemporary for him, Sorokin formulated a positive system-communication approach to social studies that was implemented and therefore verified in the theory of Niklas Luhmann only several decades after. The program included the analysis of the minimum manifestation of the society later referred to as “interaction”, which we can rightfully equalize with our contemporary interpretation of communication
Pages: 1250–1263
DOI: 10.17516/1997-1370-0639
Paper at repository of SibFU: https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/135919

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