Prominent French intellectuals rejected the MPS’s specific brand of liberalism

Evidence

At the beginning of the 1960s, the resignation of Raymond Aron and Bertrand de Jouvenel, who no longer accepted the version of liberalism defended by the Mont Pèlerin Society, revealed how difficult it was to get the French neoliberals to work together. — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 292

Categorization

• XREF: Aron and de Jouvenel’s departure parallels the reader’s interest in how fractured the neoliberal network actually was versus its later monolithic reputation. — connects to: MPS members rejected laissez-faire while insisting neoliberal principles suited underdeveloped countries — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 1279; Major left-wing intellectuals have often misdefined or conflated neoliberalism — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 2097; Political rifts among French intellectuals mirrored the Cold War’s polarizing pressure — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café: Freedom,…, 788
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 292

Broader Connections

• MPS members rejected laissez-faire while insisting neoliberal principles suited underdeveloped countries #qualifies (0.78) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 1279
• Major left-wing intellectuals have often misdefined or conflated neoliberalism #expands (0.75) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 2097
• Political rifts among French intellectuals mirrored the Cold War’s polarizing pressure #complicates (0.72) — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café, 788