Abstract

COLEN, José Augusto. Thucydides in the 20th century?: Theory and praxeology in Raymond Aron. Relações Internacionais [online]. 2012, n.35, pp.23-34. ISSN 1645-9199.

Most of the political books of Raymond Aron on the eve of the Cold War hesitate, as the work of Thucydides, between meditation of the past and prospective. However, if there is no doubt that the Greek model inspired him, Aron did not fail to formulate the theoretical issues underlying this meditation in a large systematic work: Paix et guerre entre les nations. This paper aims to follow the genesis of the analysis model, underlying the work, and then make a brief description of its structure, at different levels. If we interpreted him correctly, Aron wanted to build a “praxeology”, a combinational logic that does not necessarily involve quantitative models and that could serve as a guide for the statesman or politician.

Keywords : Raymond Aron; Paix et Guerre entre les nations; Thucydides; praxeology.

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