Center d'études sociologiques et politiques Raymond Aron
The Center d'études sociologiques et politiques Raymond Aron (CESPRA, German: Center for Sociological and Political Studies Raymond Aron ) is a study center of the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS) in Paris . The name pays tribute to the liberal French thinker and antagonist of French Marxism Raymond Aron . The center promotes students to master and doctorate degrees. The current heads are Frédéric Brahami and Stéphane Audoin-Rouzeau .
history
In 1977, François Furet, as the new President of EHESS, founded an informal group for political reflection. On this basis, he founded the Raymond Aron Institute in 1984 , which had its research documents and the archive. In 1992, the rapprochement between the Institute and the Center d'études transdisciplinaires Sociologie, Anthropologie, Politique (CETSAP), animated by Claude Lefort and Pierre Rosanvallon , enabled the establishment of the Center de recherches politiques Raymond Aron (CRPRA).
The CRPRA was therefore composed of researchers who came from the liberal tradition ( Pierre Manent ), from the second left ( Marcel Gauchet , Pierre Rosanvallon ), from the anti-totalitarian tradition ( Claude Lefort ) and from reflections on the origins of representative rule ( Bernard Manin ), who were preparing to re-establish political studies in France, where Marxism had long dominated. The reflection referred to the modern political philosophers and to the rediscovery of liberal French thought in the 18th and 19th centuries: ( Nicolas de Condorcet , Benjamin Constant , François Guizot , Alexis de Tocqueville ).
Former director of the CRPRA and current professor at the Collège de France , Pierre Rosanvallon, said in 2001: “There are many more differences inside the Center Aron than in many other places. But we had one thing in common: an ethos of discussion and the rehabilitation of the classics. "
The Center was led successively by Pierre Rosanvallon (1992–2005), Patrice Gueniffey (2006–2008) and from 2009 by Olivier Remaud .
On January 1, 2010, the Center d'études sociologiques et politiques Raymond Aron (CESPRA) was founded as a result of the merger of the Center d'études sociologiques du travail et des arts (CESTA) and the CRPRA . The directors were Philippe Urfalino (2010–2013) and Olivier Remaud (2013–2017).
Current members (selection)
- Stéphane Audoin-Rouzeau , directeur d'études, EHESS
- Vincent Descombes , directeur d'études, EHESS (retraité)
- Luc Foisneau , director of research, CNRS
- Marcel Gauchet , directeur d'études, EHESS (retraité)
- Nilüfer Göle , directrice d'études, EHESS
- Pierre Manent , directeur d'études, EHESS (retraité)
- Bernard Manin , directeur d'études, EHESS (retraité)
- Pierre-Michel Menger , directeur d'études, EHESS, Collège de France
- Mona Ozouf , directrice de recherche, CNRS (retraitée)
- Dominique Schnapper , directrice d'études, EHESS (retraitée)