Aron, Raymond

Aron, Raymond
(1905-1983)
   philosopher and sociologist
   Born and educated in Paris, Raymond Aron was a prominent political thinker who served as editor in chief of La France libre in London during World War II (1941-44) and, with Jean-Paul Sartre, was one of the founders of Temps modernes. Later, he was editorial writer for Le Figaro (1947-77). Aron taught sociology at the sorbonne and also the collège de france. Author of a study on contemporary German sociology (La Sociologie allemande contemporaine, 1935), his philosophy was critical of relativist and pluralistic historiography. He questioned the monistic theories (idealistic and materialistic), and also the deterministic viewpoint (Introduction à la philosophie d'histoire, 1938 and 1950; Dimensions de la conscience historique, 1962). Aron's moderate conservatism and skepticism regarding ideologies isolated him from the mainly left-wing French intelligentsia for much of his career. He is considered, through his later works (La Grande Schisme, 1948; L'Opium des intellectuels, 1957; La Société industrielle et la guerre, 1959; Dix-huit Leçons sur la société industrielle, 1963) one of the main theoreticians of technologic ideology and, in his economic, social, and political analyses, a principal critic of Marxism. Aron's ideas gained popularity in recent years, and his Mémoires, published in 1983, drew much favorable notice.

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