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Georges Sorel (1847–1922)

Author of Reflections on Violence

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Works by Georges Sorel

Reflections on Violence (1906) 367 copies
The Illusions of Progress (1969) 42 copies
Scritti politici (1996) 6 copies

Associated Works

The Anarchists (1964) — Contributor — 112 copies
Theories of the Labor Movement (1987) — Contributor — 7 copies

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Birthdate
1847-11-02
Date of death
1922-08-29
Gender
male
Nationality
France
Birthplace
Cherbourg, France
Places of residence
Cherbourg, France (birth)
Boulogne sur Seine, France (death)
Perpignan, France
Paris, France
Education
École Polytechnique
Occupations
engineer
political philosopher
author
Relationships
Croce, Benedetto (friend)
Awards and honors
Legion d'Honneur
Short biography
Georges Sorel believed social and political change should be brought about by strikes, boycotts, and other direct action against capitalism, even if it included acts of violence. His ideas, notably his support for spontaneous general strikes, contributed significantly to anarcho-syndicalism.

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galuf84 | 1 other review | Jul 27, 2022 |
On the list of toxic stuff that's toxic: Holy pants, this stuff's insidious. Good in terms of tracking down some mindset source materials, but... yeah. Treated with the standard researcher's skim, because it pretty much hurt my brain to read straight, even selecting a portion and shooting for the segment.

Probably come back to it some once I've gotten some resistance, but the first dive was, "Set it on fire."
 
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