What is Raymond Aron's theory of industrial society?

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In *Eighteen Lessons on Industrial Society*, I examined the transformations brought about by industrialization. I argued that advanced industrial societies, regardless of their political systems, tend towards a convergence of certain characteristics: a growing emphasis on technocracy, the stratification of society based on technical skills, and an increasing integration of individuals into the economic and social machinery. This does not, however, preclude fundamental differences in political freedom and social organization.

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