In Defense of Decadent Europe

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In Defense of Decadent Europe is a political and philosophical essay by French thinker Raymond Aron that defends Western liberal democracies against both communist and authoritarian critiques during the Cold War era.

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instanceOf non-fiction book ⓘ
philosophical essay ⓘ
political essay ⓘ
associatedWith European intellectual history ⓘ
Western liberal order ⓘ
author Raymond Aron ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
criticizes authoritarian regimes ⓘ
communist regimes ⓘ
defends Western liberal democracies ⓘ
discusses Soviet Union ⓘ
United States ⓘ
Western Europe ⓘ
fieldOfWork international relations ⓘ
political theory ⓘ
genre Cold War literature ⓘ
political philosophy literature ⓘ
hasAuthor Raymond Aron ⓘ
hasPerspective anti-authoritarian ⓘ
anti-communist ⓘ
pro-Western ⓘ
historicalContext Cold War era ⓘ
linked to: Cold War
mainSubject Cold War ⓘ
authoritarianism ⓘ
communism ⓘ
liberal democracy ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
totalitarianism ⓘ
notableIdea moral and political superiority of liberal democracy over totalitarian systems ⓘ
originalLanguage French ⓘ
philosophicalDiscipline philosophy of history ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
philosophicalTradition anti-totalitarianism ⓘ
liberalism ⓘ
positionHeld defense of Western liberal democracies ⓘ
supports individual liberties ⓘ
parliamentary democracy ⓘ
political pluralism ⓘ
typeOfArgument normative political argument ⓘ

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