Social and Cultural Dynamics : Revisiting the Work of Pitirim A. Sorokin

It extends the work started but never finished by Pitirim A. Sorokin on the promotion and application of "integralist method" to analyze the socio-cultural phenomena, to propose new policy, to enhance the development of humanity from the culture point of view

It provides an unique cultural developmental perspective to examine the transformation of socio-cultural phenomena

It explores the relationship between Culture, Society and Personality presenting examples already proposed by P. Sorokin and new ones from different cultural contexts, focusing on the dynamics of socio-cultural phenomena

It overcomes the disciplinary boundaries and integrates sociology, psychology and social sciences