שאלה | Question: What does the term “hashish club” refer to?

Question: What does the term “hashish club” refer to?

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		A) French Orientalists of the Hashish Brotherhood, who tried to investigate the sect as part of Orientalist research
		B) 19th-century philosophers and French writers who met to drink and eat hashish and write about it
		C) Egyptian scientists who researched hashish in Egypt
		D) French lords who loved hashish and claimed they were part of the Hashish Brotherhood

Explanation: In the lectures, the “Hashish Club” refers to the Parisian circle (often discussed as Club des Hashischins) of 19th-century writers/intellectuals who experimented with hashish and produced texts about those experiences. (Lecture/Reading: Boon, The Road of Excess, Chapter 3; also connected to European hashish imaginaries in Ram, Hashishophobia.)