Resurrecting a Neglected Theorist: The Philosophical Foundations of Raymond Aron’s Theory of International Relations

Bryan-Paul Frost, "Resurrecting a Neglected Theorist: The Philosophical Foundations of Raymond Aron's Theory of International Relations," Review of International Studies, v23 n2 (Apr., 1997): 143-166.

Abstract:

Raymond Aron is a neglected theorist, at least if we understand by ‘neglected’ a theorist whose theory no longer engenders critical scholarly debate. More often than not, students of international politics either ignore Aron altogether or wrongly subsume him under the rubric of classical Realist. Aron’s Peace and War is probably ‘more quoted than read’ today, and it is doubtful whether more than a handful of students seriously study this monumental work at all.

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