Sorel: Reflections on Violence by Georges Sorel
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 general strike, Sorel celebrates the heroic action of the proletariat as a means of saving the modern world from decadence and of re-invigorating the capitalist spirit of a timid bourgeoisie. This edition of Sorel's classic text is accompanied by an editor's introduction by Jeremy Jennings, a leading scholar of political thought, both setting the work in its context and explaining its major themes. A chronology of Sorel's life and a list of further reading are included.Professor of political science at the University of California, Riverside, from 1937 to 1998. He is the author of Georges Sorel's The Sociology of Virtue: Political and Social Theories and the translator and editor of Georges Sorel's The Illusions of Progress and From Georges Sorel: Essays in Socialism and Philosophy.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521559102 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521559103 |
| Title | Sorel: Reflections on Violence |
| Author | Georges Sorel |
| Series | Cambridge Texts In The History Of Political Thought |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 1999-11-04 |
| Number of pages | 348 |
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