Thinking Politically brings together a series of remarkable interviews
with Raymond Arn that form a political history of our time. Ranging
over an entire lifetime, from his youthful experience with the rise of
Nazi totalitarianism in Berlin to the dénouement of the cold war.
Aron mediates on the threats to liberty and reason in the bloody
twentieth century. Originally published as The Committed Observer,
this volume provides one of the fullest accounts available of the
dramatic events of the "short century," which began with the pistol
shot in Saravejo in 1914 and ended with the collapse of the
ideological monsters whose deadly nature Aron had ruthlessly exposed
for a half-century. In addition to the interviews published in the
original edition. Thinking Politically incorporates three interviews
never before published in book form. This supplemental material
clarifies Aron's role as a voice of prudential reason in an
unreasonable age and allows unparalled access to the principal
influences on Aron's thought. The volume concludes with 'Democratic
States and Totalitarian States," an address by Aron to the French
Philosophical Society as well as the accompanying debate with Jacques
Maritain, Victor Basch, and other intellectuals. Thinking Politically
serves as an ideal gateway into Aron's reflections, and offers a
superb single-volume introduction to the major events and conflicts of
the twentieth century. It will be a welcome addition to the libraries
of political theorists, historians, sociologists, philosophers, and
citizens wishing to understand the political and intellectual currents
of the age.
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ISBN
9781000680249
Publisert
2020
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Routledge
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Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
Digital bok
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