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The Opium of the Intellectuals
AuthorRaymond Aron
TranslatorTerence Kilmartin
LanguageFrench
PublisherCalmann-Lévy
Publication date
1955 (France)
Pages334pp
ISBN9110195645

The Opium of the Intellectuals (French: L'Opium des intellectuels) is a book written by Raymond Aron and published in 1955. It was first published in an English translation in 1957.

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