In whose view did religion impede social change by encouraging oppressed people to focus on other worldly concerns rather than on their immediate poverty or exploitation?

A. Karl Marx
B. Max Weber
C. Émile Durkheim
D. Charles Horton Cooley


Answer: A. Karl Marx

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