Word: arons
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...romantic revolution continues, and it is hard to imagine that it will not, its adherents will have to confront what Raymond Aron calls the "constraints of fact-the need for organization, for a technical hierarchy, for a techno-bureaucracy." These are the "givens" of current civilization that cannot be dreamed, wished or shouted away. That civilization, in its turn, will have...
...rebel's contribution should be both non-mystical and nonpolitical: he should operate as a troubler of conscience and imagination. Today's rebels, who vacillate between instant saintliness and instant power, Spender-like most other observers-finds dangerously ill-informed. He is inclined to agree with Raymond Aron's judgment: "More sympathetic than the Communists, they are their intellectual inferiors." In matters of hunger, illiteracy and overpopulation, "they seem to take very little interest." "Students who attempt to revolutionise society by first destroying the university," Spender adds in a warning, "are like an army which begins...
...Assembly than in it. One association of professors warned that decentralization of the system and student participation on the councils could lead to anarchy. The costs of creating new universities and implementing new teaching methods worries other groups. A notable critic of the plan is Political Analyst Raymond Aron, who argued in the Figaro that the law could lead to a politicalization of the universities. "This is not renovation," he wrote. "It is ruin...
...agonizing compromises on both sides" before any settlement can be reached. Not all the basic goals of either U.S. or North Vietnamese policy are likely to survive a genuine settlement. Furthermore, the nature of the U.S. commitment in Southeast Asia has undergone considerable change, as French Political Scientist Raymond Aron has astutely pointed out. Initially, the issue in Viet Nam was blunt, says Aron: "Either the Viet Cong will rule in Saigon tomorrow or they won't." But, he adds, "Fortunately, diplomacy can, under certain circumstances, outwit logic." As the war has progressed, the struggle has created a fresh...
Hoffmann's preference for a humanistic approach to political science harmonizes well with other facets of his personality. He seems genuinely excited by fellow scholars, Harvard undergraduates, and his friends, such as Bundy, despite his stance on the war, and French sociologist Raymond Aron ("the two most brilliant men I know"). He likes music, though he can't make any. "I don't see why I should play an instrument badly when I can listen to someone else do it well, so I have a very good record collection...