Social and cultural loneliness as attributes of a mobile society: P.A. Sorokin and integral concepts of loneliness

Василенко В.В.

Abstract

The article highlights the main ideas of P.A. Sorokin on social loneliness. They are considered in the context of theories of social mobility and integral methodology. The influence of Emile Durkheim, Robert Merton and Pitirim Sorokin on the formation of the integral model of loneliness by William Sadler and Thomas Johnson is shown. The question of the correlation of the phenomena of social isolation and cultural loneliness is raised.

Keywords

social isolation; loneliness; E. Durkheim; P. Sorokin; R. Merton; W. Sadler; T. Johnson; integral methodology, theory of mobility, theory of socio-cultural dynamics; cosmic loneliness; cultural loneliness; social loneliness; total loneliness; intense loneliness.

DOI: 10.31249/rsoc/2023.03.03

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