Raymond Aron’s "Machiavellian" liberalism
(2019)
Journal Article
Drochon, H. (2019). Raymond Aron’s "Machiavellian" liberalism. Journal of the History of Ideas, 80(4), 621-642. https://doi.org/10.1353/jhi.2019.0034
Recent interest in Raymond Aron has focused on his “Cold War Liberalism,” but he is neither a neo-liberal nor a Hayekian libertarian. Instead, this article will argue that Aron is a “Machiavellian” liberal – that his democratic theory is underpinned... Read More about Raymond Aron’s "Machiavellian" liberalism.