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Table of contents (21 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Life and Works: Raymond Aron, Philosopher and Freedom Fighter
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International Relations: “History is on the Move”
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Theory, History, Philosophy: The Primacy of the Political
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Voices of the Great Men of the Past: Perennial Debates
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Keywords
- Raymond Aron
- French liberalism
- praxeology
- International relations
- political theory
- sociology
- philosophy of history
- Montesquieu
- Constant
- Tocqueville
- Alexis de Tocqueville
- Cold War
- democracy
- history
- Immanuel Kant
- international relations
- Karl Marx
- liberty
- Marxism
- Max Weber
- morality
- Niccolò Machiavelli
- politics
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Reviews
'This superb collection the first of its kind will guarantee that the name of Raymond Aron will always be remembered when thoughtful people speak of liberalism." - Steven B. Smith, Alfred Cowles Professor of Political Science, Yale University, USA
"Raymond Aron was one of the twentieth century's greatest political thinkers, a defender of prudence and moderation in an age of extremes. Yet the remarkable range of his work covering the philosophy of history, ideological critique, international relations, political economy, and much more can be daunting to new readers. This book provides a perfect gateway, with luminous essays covering every part of the Aronion oeuvre. It also stands on its own as an important contribution to understanding our time." - Brian C. Anderson, Editor of City Journal and author of Raymond Aron (2007) and other books.
"Not a mere collection of essays but a comprehensive study of Raymond Aron, designed to cover all aspects and done by many able hands. In their fashioning Aron proves to be both philosopher and the sort of observer who takes the risk of advising. In doing so Aron made himself the enemy of the French intellectual who was neither." - Harvey Mansfield, Professor of Government, Harvard University, USA and Senior Fellow, the Hoover Institution, USA
"Raymond Aron was always right, and all the better known thinkers of his time such as Heidegger and Sartre were often spectacularly and destructively wrong. Aron's singular gift was an astute kind of moderation that always served liberalism against the misanthropic ideological alternatives. The labor of love that is volume is the best single source for absorbing and assessing his admirably prudent and often courageous thought." - Peter Augustine Lawler, Dana Professor of Political Science, Berry College, USA
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Companion to Raymond Aron
Editors: José Colen, Elisabeth Dutartre-Michaut
Series Title: Recovering Political Philosophy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-52243-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political Science Collection, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-52242-9Published: 22 September 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-57463-6Published: 23 January 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-52243-6Published: 08 April 2016
Series ISSN: 2524-7166
Series E-ISSN: 2524-7174
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 304
Topics: European Politics, Social Theory, Political Philosophy, Political Theory, Critical Theory, Political History