Raymond Aron: The Recovery of the Political
Book Details
Author(s)Brian C. Anderson
PublisherRowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN / ASIN0847687589
ISBN-139780847687589
AvailabilityUsually ships in 24 hours
Sales Rank1,908,594
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
This concise and penetrating analysis introduces students to the life and thought of one of the giants of twentieth- century French intellectual life. Portraying Raymond Aron as a great defender of reason, moderation, and political sobriety in an era dominated by ideological fervor and philosophical fashion, Brian Anderson demonstrates the centrality of political reason to Aron's philosophy of history, his critique of ideological thinking, his meditations on the perennial problems of peace and war, and the nature of conservative liberalism. This accessible study of Aron's thought and the thought of his contemporaries will enhance any syllabus for classes on modern and contemporary political thought.
