Raymond Aron

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Raymond Aron was a 20th-century French philosopher, sociologist, and political commentator known for his liberal-conservative critique of totalitarianism and his influential analyses of industrial society and international relations.

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instanceOf essayist
human
journalist
philosopher
political commentator
political scientist
sociologist
academicDegree agrégation in philosophy
awardReceived Grand Croix de la Légion d'honneur
surface form: Grand-croix de la Légion d’honneur
causeOfDeath heart attack
countryOfCitizenship France
dateOfBirth 1905-03-14
dateOfDeath 1983-10-17
describedBySource Peace and War develops a realist, historical approach to international relations
The Opium of the Intellectuals
surface form: The Opium of the Intellectuals is a critique of Marxist and left-wing intellectuals
educatedAt University of Paris NERFINISHED
École Normale Supérieure NERFINISHED
employer Collège de France NERFINISHED
Le Figaro
L’Express
University of Paris NERFINISHED
University of Toulouse NERFINISHED
École Pratique des Hautes Études NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup French Jews
familyName Aron
fieldOfWork international relations theory
philosophy
political philosophy
sociology
sociology of industrial society
genre philosophical essay
political essay
sociological analysis
givenName Raymond
hasChild Brigitte Aron
Dominique Schnapper
Laurence Aron
ideology Atlanticism
anti-communism
liberal conservatism
influenced François Furet
Jean-Claude Casanova
Pierre Manent NERFINISHED
international relations realism
influencedBy Alexis de Tocqueville
Karl Marx
Max Weber
Niccolò Machiavelli
Émile Durkheim
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned English
French
German
memberOf Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques
surface form: Académie des sciences morales et politiques
movement anti-totalitarianism
liberal conservatism
liberalism
nativeLanguage French
notableIdea critique of Marxism
critique of ideological thinking
liberal critique of totalitarianism
pluralistic industrial society
realist theory of international relations
notableStudent Alain Besançon NERFINISHED
Jean-Claude Casanova
Pierre Manent NERFINISHED
notableWork In Defense of Decadent Europe
Introduction to the Philosophy of History
Main Currents in Sociological Thought
Peace and War: A Theory of International Relations
The Industrial Society
The Opium of the Intellectuals
participatedIn French Resistance
placeOfBirth Paris
placeOfDeath Paris
positionHeld columnist
professor of political sociology
professor of sociology
religion Judaism
sexOrGender male
spouse Suzanne Gauchon
workLocation Paris

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Lycée Henri-IV hasNotableAlumni Raymond Aron
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Alexis de Tocqueville influenced Raymond Aron
Max Weber influenced Raymond Aron