Raymond Aron Author (9 results)

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Anchor Books Edition: 1970/Volume II. 346 pp. Vol. II issue only! Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Slightly creased spine. Stains on bottom edge. Light foxing on page edges, not affecting text.

1st English edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Panel edges very slightly dust-toned as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Physical description; ix, 274 pages: illustrations; 23 cm. Series; The nature of human society series. Notes; This translation originally published, Basic Books, 1967. Originally published as 'Les grandes doctrines de sociologie historique'. Centre de Documentation Universitaires, 1960. Translation of: Les grandes doctrines de sociologie historique. Subjects; Durkheim, Émile 1858-1917 - Studies. Pareto, Vilfredo 1848-1923 - Studies. Weber, Max 1864-1920 - Studies. Sociology - History. Sociology - Theory. 1 Kg. …

1st English edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Panel edges very slightly dust-toned as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. Physical description; ix, 274 pages: illustrations; 23 cm. Series; The nature of human society series. Notes; This translation originally published, Basic Books, 1967. Originally published as 'Les grandes doctrines de sociologie historique'. Centre de Documentation Universitaires, 1960. Translation of: Les grandes doctrines de sociologie historique. Subjects; Durkheim, Émile 1858-1917 - Studies. Pareto, Vilfredo 1848-1923 - Studies. Weber, Max 1864-1920 - Studies. Sociology - History. Sociology - Theory. 1 Kg. …

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Dustjacket. First Edition. ISBN . B0007DUV1I Mass market paperback . Fourth Printing of the Discus Edition from 1971 as stated on the copyright page. Very Good to Near Fine condition. Tight bright attractive copy with no markings to the book. Collectors grade condition with nearly flat spine and no creasing to the covers. No Signature.…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Like New. 143 pp. Clean, fresh copy with very light shelf wear, crisp pages and clean text. George Giusti (Cover), Ewing Galloway (Photograph), Edward Gorey (Typography) (illustrator).

Hardcover. Octavo, xix, 324 pages. In Fair plus condition. Spine is yellow with red print. Boards in yellow cloth.Wear to spine caps, light smudging/shelf wear, toning to spine. Text block has cracked front hinge, embossed owner stamp on front flyleaf, clipped photograph adhered to rear pastedown. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column P. 1392328. FP New Rockville Stock. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. ix, [5], 265, [9] pages. Footnotes. DJ has some wear and soiling. Includes Preface to the American Edition, as well as chapters on Fifteen Years of Technological Revolution, 1945-60; The Strategic Theory Takes Shape; Europe and the McNamara Doctrine; The Independent French Deterent; The Future of the Atlantic Alliance; Logic and Paradoxes of the Strategic Theory; and Final Considerations. This book grew out of a course on the influence of nuclear weapons on international relations that Raymond Aron taught at the Institut d"etudes politiques in 1962-63. The book ends with a chapter on Final Considerations. In that final chapter the author tries to look ahead to four variables governing the future of the game of deterrence: The number of countries possessing atomic or thermonuclear weapons; The qualitative arms race, the possible political developments, involving either a realignment of nations, and the consistency or inconsistency of strategic doctrines. Originally written to explain the U.S. position to the French, the book is equally valuable for explaining it to Americans. Finally, and perhaps most vital ,Aron points out where Americans and Europeans have misinterpreted each other's views, and separates the unnecessary confusion from the real issues at stake for the Western allies. Raymond Claude Ferdinand Aron (14 March 1905 - 17 October 1983) was a French philosopher, sociologist, political scientist and journalist, one of the country'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 Marxist oppression, atrocities and intolerance. 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. As a voice of moderation in politics, Aron had many disciples on both the political left and right, but he remarked that he personally was "more of a left-wing Aronian than a right-wing one." Aron wrote extensively on a wide range of other topics. Citing the breadth and quality of Aron's writings, historian James R. Garland suggests, "Though he may be little known in America, Raymond Aron arguably stood as the preeminent example of French intellectualism for much of the twentieth century". In the field of international relations in the 1950s, Aron hypothesized that despite the advent of nuclear weapons, nations would still require conventional military forces. The usefulness of such forces would be made necessary by what he called a "nuclear taboo." This topical volume delineates the French position on thermonuclear weapons, as well as outlines the theories of deterrence and graduated retaliation that have guided U.S. nuclear policy formation. Also examines the future of the Atlantic Alliance. Political scientists, scientists and nuclear strategists will find this text an invaluable aid in understanding the issues that both unite and divide the Western allies on the issue of nuclear arms. American Edition. Presumed first printing thus. Elliott Erwitt (Author photograph) (illustrator).…

paperback. Condition: Good. Pub Date: 2008 Publisher: Basic Editorial ReviewsFrom Publishers WeeklyThis collection of essays and book excerpts covering seminal moments in the political history of the 20th century by French intellectual and Le Figaro columnist Aron-who died in Paris in 1983-might be a little dense and daunting. but close. patient readers will be amply rewarded for their efforts. Written between 1939 to 1973. the bulk of the pieces date from the 1950s. when Aron was concerned with examining the causes and.…