Aron and Marxism

the Aronian interpretation of Marx

Sylvie Mesure

pp. 217-230

in: José Colen, Elisabeth Dutartre-Michaut (eds), The companion to Raymond Aron, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2015

Abstract

The purpose of evoking Aron's "Marxism" is not, as one might suspect, to "Marxize" Aron, but to question the Aronian interpretation of Marxism—to interpret Aron interpreting Marxism^1–in order to show that this French political theorist developed his ideas about history and politics through a permanent confrontation with Marx, whom he qualified without hesitation as a "genius."

Cited authors

Marx Karl