Raymond Aron y José Ortega y Gasset: dos vidas paralelas en defensa del liberalismo

France and Spain were two very different societies. Nevertheless, they had to face a similar problem especially in the 1930’s and during the period of the cold war, as it was the crisis of the liberalism system. José Ortega y Gasset and Raymond Aron are united in their perspective of renewal of liberal thought in front of the political forces and intellectuals who put in question. Both defended a variety of liberalism that the italian sociologist Carlo Gambescia has been called “liberalism archic”, based on the historicism and political realism.Francia y España han sido dos sociedades muy diferentes. No obstante, hubieron de enfrentarse a una problemática análoga, sobre todo en los años treinta y en el periodo de la guerra fría, como era la de la crisis del sistema liberal. José Ortega y Gasset y Raymond Aron están unidos en su perspectiva de renovación del pensamiento liberal frente a las fuerzas políticas e intelectuales que lo pusieron en cuestión. Ambos defendieron una variedad de liberalismo que el sociólogo italiano Carlo Gambescia ha denominado “liberalismo árquico”, basado en el historicismo y el realismo político.France and Spain were two very different societies. Nevertheless, they had to face a similar problem especially in the 1930’s and during the period of the cold war, as it was the crisis of the liberalism system. José Ortega y Gasset and Raymond Aron are united in their perspective of renewal of liberal thought in front of the political forces and intellectuals who put in question. Both defended a variety of liberalism that the italian sociologist Carlo Gambescia has been called “liberalism archic”, based on the historicism and political realism