01380    a2200253   4500001001100000005001700011008003900028020001800067037003600085040000700121041000800128072001400136072001200150072002100162072002100183072001500204100002000219245002500239250000600264260003200270300001000302520079900312999001501111135149849520250317111628.0250312042017GB                   eng    a9781351498494  bTaylor & FranciscGBP 47.99fBB  a01  aeng7 aJP2thema7 aJP2bic7 aPOL0000002bisac7 aPOL0100002bisac7 a9012bisac1 aRon Christenson10aPolitics and History  a1  aOxfordbRoutledgec20170904  a308 p  bRaymond Aron, French scholar, journalist, philosopher, sociologist, and historian, is internationally recognized as one of the great thinkers in the modern social sciences, bringing to contemporary history the insights of both philosophy and social science. This edition focuses on Aron's lifelong attempt to bridge the gap between knowledge and action and to understand the dialectical relationship between history and politics. It is an indispensable introduction to one of the most important thinkers of our century.This volume also contains an introduction by Aron, which presents an autobiographical account of his confrontation with many of the most important ideas of this century. Miriam Bernheim Conant provides perceptive commentary as well as a chronology of Aron's career and works.  c6403d6403