Word: sorokin
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...After this war dictatorships will not disappear, but totalitarianism will be greatly increased," said Pitirim A. Sorokin, professor of Sociology, in a discussion at Dunster House last night...
Professor Sorokin, who terms himself "the most radical professor at Harvard," described the "decline of civilization" to an audience of over 100. "No matter what the outcome of this war in Europe is," he continued, "even if all the Hitlers, Mussolinis, and Stalins are killed off, democracy will still be replaced by this powerful new force of totalitarianism...
...prefer unjust peace to a long war, for in all history I don't know any just peace treaty anyhow. The injustice of Versailles is insignificant when compared with the losses sustained by all nations during the World War." Thus spoke Pitirim Alexandrovich Sorokin, professor of Sociology, in an interview yesterday...
...Sorokin believes that a big war now will mean the end of Europe for several decades. He thinks that if this country remains in peace, then we can hold the torch of civilization and freedom. If we enter the war, all will be ruined...
...getting into the war is concerned, Sorokin says, "Up to 1940 elections there will be no chance of our getting in, but after that only Almighty God and the politicians know." He thinks Roosevelt will probably get elected for a third term if he chooses...