Vytautas Kavolis

Vytautas Kavolis (September 8, 1930 in Kaunas – June 25, 1996 in Vilnius) was a Lithuanian sociologist, literary critic, and culture historian. He was the department head and Professor of Comparative Civilizations and Professor of Sociology at Dickinson College With his parents, Kavolis left Lithuania in the wake of the Soviet occupation in 1944, living first in West Germany and then in the United States. He attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the University of Chicago, receiving his master's degree and doctorate from Harvard University. He was Charles A. Dana Professor of Comparative Civilizations and Professor of Sociology at Dickinson from 1964 until his sudden death in 1996. as guidance for Lithuania's future:

Personal life and death He died 1996 in Vilnius. Leonidas Donskis considered him his mentor in the US.

Selected bibliography

Books Artistic Expression—A Sociological Analysis. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press 1968, was translated into Swedish and Spanish in 1970. Chapter 5 was translated into German in 1979 and Chapter 9 was translated into Lithuanian as "Meno stilius, kaip religijos ypatybiu projekcija," Kulturos Barai, 1993, No 2-3. History on Art's Side: Social Dynamics in Artistic Efflorescences. The Western Canadian Journal of Anthropology 2(3): 90–102 "History on Art's Side: Social Dynamics in Artistic Efflorescences." Contemporary Sociology, Vol. 2, No. 6 (November 1973) "Social and Economic Aspects of the Arts." Encyclopaedia Britannica (1975) "Models of Rebellion: An Essay in Civilization Analysis." Comparative Civilizations Review, No. 3 (Fall 1979) "Toward A History Of Bodily Discipline." Lituanus, January 1997 "Civilization Theory and Collective Identity in the Postmodern-Globalized Era." Kulturos barai, July 2006. Online version at