"Sorel developed an original and provocative theory on the positive, even creative, role of myth and violence in the historical process. Sorel was a civil servant who fervently believed that only the clearest and most brutal expression of class war could effect lasting social change. This, his most important work, is a passionate outcry for the socialist overthrow of society.Reflections on Violence first appeared as a series of articles ..."
Sorel(1st Edition) Reflections on Violence (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought) by GeorgesSorel, Jeremy Jennings Paperback, 348 Pages, Published 1999 by Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-521-55910-2, ISBN: 0-521-55910-3
"Georges Sorel's Reflections on Violence (1908) remains a controversial text to this day. It unashamedly advocates the use of violence as a means of putting an end to the corrupt politics of bourgeois democracy and of bringing down capitalism. It is both dangerous and fascinating, of enduring importance and interest to all those concerned about the nature of modern politics. This new student edition of Sorel's classic text is accompanied ..."
The Illusions of Progress (Paperback) by GeorgesSorel Paperback, 274 Pages, Published 2022 by University Of California Press, Berkerley ISBN-13: 978-0-520-32386-5, ISBN: 0-520-32386-6
"Georges Sorel. 5 The work , however , is more than academic . Because of almost two hundred years of expansion , continuous westward migration , and an almost exclusively liberal rationalist tradition of political thought , the idea of ..."
"Readers of economic and political theory as well as students of economic planning will appreciate this classic, now available for the first time in English. Written eighty years ago, when Sorel became disillusioned with the official socialism of the German and French Marxist parties, this new translation presents Sorel's analysis of the rise and fall of the two great modern ideologies: socialism and liberal capitalism. At present, when ..."
Syndicalism Writings on Revolutionary Socialist Unions by GeorgesSorel, John Spargo, Andre Tridon Paperback, 346 Pages, Published 2010 by Red And Black Publishers ISBN-13: 978-1-934941-94-2, ISBN: 1-934941-94-8
"A selection of writings, some sympathetic, some hostile, on the political and economic theory of syndicalism--the anarchist strategy of using revolutionary unions to seize control of the workplace and build a socialist system from the bottom up. Contains the complete texts of "Reflections on Violence", by Georges Sorel, "The New Unionism", by Andre Tridon, "Proposed Roads to Freedom", by Bertrand Russell, and "Syndicalism, Industrial Un ..."
"Materiaux d'une theorie du proletariat / Georges SorelDate de l'edition originale: 1919Sujet de l'ouvrage: Classe ouvriereMouvement ouvrier"Collection: Etudes sur le devenir social; XV"Ce livre est la reproduction fidele d'une oeuvre publiee avant 1920 et fait partie d'une collection de livres reimprimes a la demande editee par Hachette Livre, dans le cadre d'un partenariat avec la Bibliotheque nationale de France, offrant l'opportunite ..."
Reflections on Violence (Paperback) by GeorgesSorel Paperback, Published 2022 by Imperium Press, United States ISBN-13: 978-1-922602-51-0, ISBN: 1-922602-51-5
Sorel(1st Edition) Reflections on Violence (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought) by GeorgesSorel, Jeremy Jennings Hardcover, 348 Pages, Published 1999 by Cambridge University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-521-55117-5, ISBN: 0-521-55117-X
"Georges Sorel's Reflections on Violence is one of the most controversial books of the twentieth century: J. B. Priestley argued that if one could grasp why a retired civil servant had written such a book then the modern age could be understood. It heralded the political turmoil of the decades that were to follow its publication and provided inspiration for Marxists and Fascists alike. Developing the ideas of violence, myth and the gener ..."