01909nam a22002657a 4500 20220419143454.0 220419b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Aloy eng 23 301.09 AROM Raymond Aron 30405 Main current in sociological thought England Penguin Books 1965 iv,271 p. PB 18x11 cm. Sociology Vol.1 A pelican Book 30404 This is the first part of Raymond Aron's landmark two-volume study of the sociological tradition—arguably the definitive work of its kind. More than a work of reconstruction, Aron's study is, at its deepest level, an engagement with the very question of modernity: how did the intellectual currents which emerged in the eighteenth century shape the modern political and philosophical order? With scrupulous fairness, Aron examines the thoughts and arguments of the major social thinkers to discern how they answered this question. Volume One explores three traditions: the French liberal school of political sociology, represented by Montesquieu and Tocqueville; the Comtean tradition, anticipating Durkheim in its elevation of social unity and consensus; and the Marxists, who posited the struggle between classes and placed their faith in historical necessity. In his customary clear and penetrating prose, Aron argues that each of these schools offers its own theory of the diversity of societies and that "each is inspired both by moral convictions and by scientific hypotheses." This Routledge Classics edition includes an introduction by Daniel J. Mahoney and Brian C. Anderson. Sociology 30397 Auguste Comte 30398 Karl Marx 30399 Montesquieu 30400 Alexis De Tocqueville 30401 ARON (Raymond) 30396 ddc GF 222482 222482 0 0 ddc 0 0 SOC AL AL 2013-03-24 0 301.09 AROM GF01163 2022-04-19 00:00:00 2022-04-19 GF