In Defense of Decadent Europe

Aron, Raymond, trans. by Stephen Cox

ISBN 10: 0895266865 / ISBN 13: 9780895266866

Published by Regnery/Gateway, South Bend, IN, 1979

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24 cm, 297, DJ faded and worn with several tears. Seller Inventory # 21852

Bibliographic Details

Title: In Defense of Decadent Europe

Publisher: Regnery/Gateway, South Bend, IN

Publication Date: 1979

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: very good, fair

Edition: First U.S.? Edition. First? Printing.

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Synopsis:

One of France's leading historical thinkers, Aron considers the confrontation of the Western world with communism, defining the basic assumptions of Marxism, its inherent weaknesses, and its dangerous appeal to Western intellectuals

About the Author:

Raymond Aron (1905-1983) was the foremost political and social theorist of post-World War II France known for his skeptical analyses of leftist ideologies. was well known in both the United States and United Kingdom, serving as Andrew D. White Professor-At-Large at Cornell University. He also taught at Columbia and Oxford.  He authored more than forty books, including Main Currents in Sociological Thought, The Opium of the Intellectuals,and The Imperial Republic, all published in new editions by Transaction.