The Opium of the Intellectuals

Raymond Aron's 1955 masterpiece The Opium of the Intellectuals, is one of the great works of twentieth- century political reflection

Author: Raymond Aron
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 01/31/2001
Pages: 382
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.28lbs
Size: 9.06h x 6.00w x 1.08d
ISBN: 9780765807007

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2001 pg. 122

About the Author
Aron, Raymond: -

Raymond Aron (1905-1983) was the foremost political and social theorist of post-World War II France known for his skeptical analyses of leftist ideologies. was well known in both the United States and United Kingdom, serving as Andrew D. White Professor-At-Large at Cornell University. He also taught at Columbia and Oxford. He authored more than forty books, including Main Currents in Sociological Thought, The Opium of the Intellectuals, and The Imperial Republic, all published in new editions by Transaction.

Anderson, Brian C.: -

Brian C. Anderson is senior editor at City Journal and author of Raymond Aron: The Recovery of the Political.

Mahoney, Daniel J.: -

Daniel J. Mahoney is chair and professor of political science at Assumption College, Worcester, Massachusetts. He was the recipient of the Prix Raymond Aron Award, is currently associate editor of Perspectives on Political Science, and is book review editor of Society. His books include The Liberal Political Science of Raymond Aron; Bertrand de Jouvenel: The Conservative Liberal and the Illusions of Modernity; and De Gaulle: Statesmanship, Grandeur, and Modern Democracy.

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