ABSTRACT
An operational definition of “cultural dumping place” is quite elusive. This prediction suggests little empirical evidence that might be garnered for its support. Pitirim Sorokin’s tenth prediction is quite lengthy and includes a variety of concerns. In terms of measurement, it would seem impossible to make an empirical statement as to whether disco music is more or less creative than J. S. Bach. From the evidence he had gathered, Sorokin concluded that the Euro-American culture was characterized by a Sensate supersystem, and that this supersystem had passed its peak and was beginning a state of decline. From what had happened in other societies, he made thirteen predictions about what would take place in the Sensate supersystem during the coming years, and presumably the coming centuries. There is little evidence for or against fluctuations of religious belief and behavior over the last fifty years. One exception is in the restudy of Middletown by Theodore Caplow and his associates.
