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Sociology of religion

Marx's description of religion as both an expression of real suffering and a protest against it that also soothes and so turns attention from changing its causes.

In sociology of religion, opium of the people refers to Marx's description of religion as both an expression of real suffering and a protest against it that also soothes and so turns attention from changing its causes. This meaning comes from Marx (1844/1972) in Critique of Hegel's 'Philosophy of right'.[1]

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Marx, K. (1972). Critique of Hegel's 'Philosophy of right' (A. Jolin & J. O'Malley, Trans.). Cambridge University Press. (Original work published 1844) Open Library record

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