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Raymond Aron
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Raymond Claude Ferdinand Aron (1905–1983) was a French journalist, philosopher, writer, and political scientist. He was educated at Lycée Condorcet, Sciences Po, the University of Paris, and the École Normale Supérieure. Aron served as a member of the French Air Force during World War II and was affiliated with the Rally of the French People and the French Section of the Workers' International. He worked for Le Figaro, L'Express, Sciences Po, and the Collège de France.
His notable works include *L'homme contre les tyrans*, *Hauptströmungen des klassischen soziologischen Denkens*, *The century of total war*, *Le développment de la société industrielle et la stratification sociale*, and *Imperial Republic*. Aron was influenced by Montesquieu, Alexis de Tocqueville, Karl Marx, and Max Weber. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the German Academy for Language and Literature, the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques, and the American Philosophical Society.
Aron died of natural causes in the 4th arrondissement of Paris and is buried at Montparnasse Cemetery. His doctoral students included Claude Lefort, Neagu Djuvara, Jon Elster, and Jean-Pierre Faye. He was the father of Dominique Schnapper and the teacher of Pierre Hassner.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1905
- Died
- 1983
- Works
- 317
Top works
- L'homme contre les tyrans
- Hauptströmungen des klassischen soziologischen Denkens
- The century of total war
- Le développment de la société industrielle et la stratification sociale
- Imperial Republic
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ferdinand
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- 6th arrondissement of Paris
- Place of death
- 4th arrondissement of Paris
- Child
- Dominique Schnapper
- Occupation
- economist
- Educated at
- Lycée Hoche
- Employer
- École pratique des hautes études
- Political party
- French Section of the Workers' International
- Languages spoken
- German
- Academic degree
- doctorate
- Doctoral advisor
- Léon Brunschvicg
- Student of
- Leo Spitzer
- Doctoral student
- Jean-Pierre Faye
- Field of work
- international relations
- Sport
- tennis
- Conflict
- World War II
- Military branch
- French Air Force
- Image
- RaymondAron-StudioHarcourt-1956.png
- Residence
- France
- Significant event
- military service
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- place of burial
- Montparnasse Cemetery
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- Raymond Aron
- date of birth
- 1905-00-00
- date of death
- 1983-00-00
- member of
- American Philosophical Society
- influenced by
- Immanuel Kant
- name in native language
- Raymond Claude Ferdinand Aron
- ethnic group
- French
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- significant person
- Georges Canguilhem
- birth name
- Raymond Claude Ferdinand Aron
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- writing language
- French
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Encyclopedic overview
Raymond Claude Ferdinand Aron (/ɑːˈrɒn/; French: [ʁɛmɔ̃ aʁɔ̃]; 14 March 1905 – 17 October 1983) was a French philosopher, sociologist, political scientist, historian and journalist, one of France's most prominent thinkers of the 20th century.
Aron is best known for his 1955 book The Opium of the Intellectuals, the title of which inverts Karl Marx's claim that religion was the opium of the people; he argues that Marxism was the opium of the intellectuals in post-war France. In the book, Aron chastised French intellectuals for what he described as their harsh criticism of capitalism and democracy and their simultaneous defense of the actions of the communist governments of the East. Critic Roger Kimball suggests that Opium is "a seminal book of the twentieth century". Aron is also known for his lifelong friendship, sometimes fractious, with philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre. The saying "Better be wrong with Sartre than right with Aron" became popular among French intellectuals.
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