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The Anthem Companion to Raymond Aron / edited by Joachim Stark and Christopher Adair-Toteff.

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Book
Author/Creator:
Stark, Joachim.
Contributor:
Adair-Toteff, Christopher.
JSTOR (Online Service)
Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
Series:
Anthem companions to sociology
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Aron, Raymond, 1905-1983.
Aron, Raymond.
Sociology--History--20th century.
Sociology.
History.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (x, 204 pages).
Place of Publication:
London : Anthem Press, 2022.
System Details:
text file
Contents:
Cover
Front Matter
Half-title
Title page
Copyright information
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Retracing Aron's Routes to Sociology
A Republican Family
The Great Depression and Marx's Kapital
Aron Discovers Philosophy
Aron: A Liberal to His Core
Studies in Germany and "la condition historique du citoyen"
Aron and La France libre
The Temptation of Politics and a Return to Sociology
Collège de France: Clausewitz and In Defense of Decadent Europe
References
Chapter One The Subject, Pluralism and Équité: Raymond Aron and Sociology
Plurality of Modes of Consideration and Historical Condition of Man
A Plurality of Interpretations and Worldviews
The Plurality of Modes of Consideration in Action: Les Étapes de la pensée sociologique
Aron's Definitions of Sociology
The Problem of Sociologism
Aron's Approaches to a Critique of Structuralism and Poststructuralism
Aron and Bourdieu: A Promising Partnership Meets an Unhappy End
Conclusion
References
Chapter Two Aron, Weber and Nationalism
Aron and Weber
Aron on Weber
Response
Aron beyond Weber
Chapter Three Equivocal and Inexhaustible: Aron, Marx and Marxism
Chapter Four The Opium of the Intellectuals
Prologue
Political Messianism
Marxism as a Pascalian Wager
Vulgar Marxism, Cognitive Dissonance and Bad Faith
Opium of the Intellectuals (but Not Only)
Opium: Past Its Sell-by Date?
Epilogue
Chapter Five A New Era in the Human Adventure: Industrial Society and Economic Growth
Chapter Six Raymond Aron: La lutte de classes
Industrial Society and the Autonomy of Politics
Marx versus Pareto: Social Classes and Ruling Minorities
Social Stratification and Class Struggle
Chapter Seven Political Philosophy Meets Political Sociology: Raymond Aron on Democracy and Totalitarianism
Chapter Eight The Contradictions of Prometheus: Wisdom and Action after the Disillusionment of Progress
Philosophy and the Criteria of History
The Sociology of the Disillusionment of Progress
The Social Order of Modernity
The Philosophy of the Essay, the Macrosociological Method and the Right Tone
The Unresolvable Dialectic
Modern Facts and Modern Projects
The Insufficient Lessons of Sociohistorical Tendencies
After the Fall of Idols: Wisdom and Action
Chapter Nine The International Problem and the Question of the Best Political Regime
The Machiavellian Problem and the Question of the Best Political Regime: The Distinction between Foreign and Domestic Policies
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Kantian Problem and the Question of an International Order: Aron as a Thinker of Political Prudence between Realism and Idealism.
Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
Other Format:
Print version: Stark, Joachim The Anthem Companion to Raymond Aron
ISBN:
9781839980046
1839980044
Publisher Number:
40031145680
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