Aron (b. 1905) was a prominent political and social theorist in France after World War II. In his 1955 Opium des intellectuels, published by Calmann Levy, he identifies three myths of radical thought as the Left, the Revolution, and the Proletariat. Appended is his 1956 defense of the work, Fanaticism, Prudence, and Faith, modified slightly from the translation that appeared in Marxism and the Existentialists (Simon and Schuster, 1970). There is no index or bibliography. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR