Raymond Aron and international relations

At a time when the field of international relations is diverting from grand theoretical debates, rediscovering the value of classical realism and exploring its own intellectual history, this book contributes to these debates by presenting a cohesive view of Raymond Aron's theory of IR.

It explores how a careful reading of Aron can contribute to important current debates, in particular what a theory of IR can be (and thus, what is within or outside the scope of this theory), how to bridge the gap that emerged in the 70's between a 'normative' and a 'scientific' theory of IR, and finally how multidisciplinarity is possible (and desirable) in the study of IR.