Bücher von Pitirim A. Sorokin

?Detailed analysis of effects of war, revolution, famine, and pestilence upon the human mind, behavior, social organization, and cultural life; illustrated by well documented references to historical facts ranging from ancient Egypt to the Russian Revolution.?-Library Journal

Calamities influence every moment of our existence. Like a demon, they cast their shadow upon every thought we think and every action we perform. This volume attempts to account for the effects these calamities exert on the mental processes, behavior, social organization, and cultural life of the population involved.

An analysis of the nature, causes and consequences of the crisis of modern society. Professor Sorokin asserts that the whole of modern culture is undergoing a period of transition brought on by the struggle between the forces of the materialistic order and a new idealistic order.