Reflections on Violence (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

by Georges Sorel, T. E. Hulme (Translator)

Overview

In this infamous work, Sorel fiercely advocates for violent revolution as the only means of effecting lasting social change. He details such factors as the role of violence and force in revolutionary movements; the use of insurrection and general strikes; and mythmaking as a key in spurring on and sustaining revolutions. A major influence on Benito Mussolini, the book is still considered controversial and provocative more than 100 years after its publication. 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781411445789
Publisher:	Union Square & Co.
Publication date:	04/05/2011
Series:	Barnes & Noble Digital Library
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Pages:	310
Lexile:	1500L (what's this?)
File size:	310 KB
Age Range:	3 Months to 18 Years

About the Author

Georges Sorel (1847–1922) was a French Socialist. He retired from civil service engineering in 1892 to dedicate himself to his philosophical studies. He became a Marxist in 1893, and later, a disciple of revolutionary syndicalism. His theory of the power of myth and violence in political rebellion was set forth in Reflections on Violence (1908), his most influential work.

Georges Sorel (1847–1922) was a French Socialist. He retired from civil service engineering in 1892 to dedicate himself to his philosophical studies. He became a Marxist in 1893, and later, a disciple of revolutionary syndicalism. His theory of the power of myth and violence in political rebellion was set forth in Reflections on Violence (1908), his most influential work.