Book contents
- Raymond Aron and Liberal Thought in the Twentieth Century
- Ideas in Context
- Raymond Aron and Liberal Thought in the Twentieth Century
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- A Note on Translations and References
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Intellectual Politics and the Crisis of Democracy
- Chapter 2 History and Politics
- Chapter 3 Antitotalitarianism
- Chapter 4 The End of Ideology
- Chapter 5 Raymond Aron and the French Liberal Tradition
- Chapter 6 Raymond Aron and the Liberal Moment in Late Twentieth-Century French Thought
- Conclusion
- Select Bibliography
- Index
- Ideas in Context
Conclusion
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 October 2019
Book contents
- Raymond Aron and Liberal Thought in the Twentieth Century
- Ideas in Context
- Raymond Aron and Liberal Thought in the Twentieth Century
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- A Note on Translations and References
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Intellectual Politics and the Crisis of Democracy
- Chapter 2 History and Politics
- Chapter 3 Antitotalitarianism
- Chapter 4 The End of Ideology
- Chapter 5 Raymond Aron and the French Liberal Tradition
- Chapter 6 Raymond Aron and the Liberal Moment in Late Twentieth-Century French Thought
- Conclusion
- Select Bibliography
- Index
- Ideas in Context
Summary
This chapter considers Raymond Aron’s position in the intellectual history of liberalism from several angles. It argues that in relation to the Dreyfusard liberalism of his teachers’ generation his attitude was mostly critical but that he played a crucial role in the formulation of what has since come to be known as cold war liberalism. The chapter also offers a critique of the notion of a ‘French liberal revival’ and concludes by considering the implications of Aron’s oeuvre for the crisis of liberalism in the early twenty-first century.
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- Raymond Aron and Liberal Thought in the Twentieth Century , pp. 235 - 245Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019