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Raymond Aron: Defender and Critic of Liberal Democracy
A political vision that has been good for the Jews.
The French political philosopher Raymond Aron (1905–1983) was born into a Jewish family, although I don’t know to what extent Judaism or Jewishness shaped his ideas. Recently published in English, his final lecture, Liberty and Equality, expresses both his belief in liberal democracy and his understanding of its flaws. In their review, Paul Wilford and Ethan Cutler argue that his teachings on the subject have much to offer America today:
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Raymond Aron: Defender and Critic of Liberal Democracy
A political vision that has been good for the Jews.