Word: aron
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...democracy synonymous with decadence? France's indefatigable political pundit, Raymond Aron, 74, for one, answers a thunderous "No!" His 28th book, In Defense of Decadent Europe (Regnery/Gateway; $14.95), published in the U.S. in June, makes a formidable case for the democratic pluralism he has upheld for 30 years, often against periodic leftist tides in Western Europe. Perhaps best known for his ironic aphorism, "Marxism is the opium of the intellectuals," Aron has produced a challenging critique of the messianic illusions about a Communist Utopia...
Defense was originally written, as Aron concedes, to influence the 1978 French parliamentary election campaign, when there were fears that Eurocommunism might come to power as a major bloc within the Western alliance. Nevertheless, the English-language version has a lingering and vivid resonance. For example, the book poses a still pertinent question on the eve of the SALT II debate in the Senate: "Faced with an increasingly powerful and militant Soviet Union, do the Americans still have the same resolution they did 30 years...
...diplomatic friction between Washington and Bonn eventually led to fears that Bonn's assertively independent approach, which French Pundit Raymond Aron dubbed "Gaullism in a minor key," might prove a threat to Western solidarity. The first hint that West Germany might possibly be distancing itself from NATO was delivered by a leading figure of the left wing of Schmidt's own Social Democratic Party. Just as General Alexander Haig and other NATO commanders were warning about the Soviet Union's ominous military buildup, the S.P.D.'s parliamentary floor leader, Herbert Wehner, insisted that Moscow's moves were "defensive...
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Kathryn Rice '79, president of BSA, urged members to attend an open organizational meeting this afternoon in Quincy House. Organizers hope to develop a strategy for Saturday's demonstration and to write out their reasons for protesting, Aron A. Estis '80, a members of BSA said yesterday...