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Reflections on Violence (Réflexions sur la violence) is a book by French revolutionary syndicalist Georges Sorel that was published in 1908.Marvin Perry, Matthew Berg, James Krukones. Sources of twentieth-century Europe. Houghton Mifflin, 2000. Pp. Read More..

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Description	Reflections on Violence (Réflexions sur la violence) is a book by French revolutionary syndicalist Georges Sorel that was published in 1908.Marvin Perry, Matthew Berg, James Krukones. Sources of twentieth-century Europe. Houghton Mifflin, 2000. Pp. 46. Sorel argues that the success of the proletariat in class struggle depended on the creation of a catastrophic and violent revolution achieved through a general strike.Jeremy Jennings, ed. "Reflections on violence" by Georges Sorel, Cambridge Texts of the History of Political Thought. Cambridge University Press, 1999. Pp. ix, xiii.One of Sorel's most controversial statements claimed that violence could save the world from barbarism.Jeremy Jennings, ed. "Reflections on violence" by Georges Sorel, Cambridge Texts of the History of Political Thought. Cambridge University Press, 1999. Pp. ix, xvi. He equates violence with life, creativity, and virtue.Jeremy Jennings, ed. "Reflections on violence" by Georges Sorel, Cambridge Texts of the History of Political Thought. Cambridge University Press, 1999. Pp. xxi.A major contention argued by Sorel in the book is on the importance of myths as "expressions of will to act".Jeremy Jennings, ed. "Reflections on violence" by Georges Sorel, Cambridge Texts of the History of Political Thought. Cambridge University Press, 1999. Pp. xiii. He supports the creation of an economic system run by and for the interests of producers rather than consumers.Jeremy Jennings, ed. "Reflections on violence" by Georges Sorel, Cambridge Texts of the History of Political Thought. Cambridge University Press, 1999. Pp. xiv. Sorel's philosophical influences for the material in the book derive from Giambattista Vico, Blaise Pascal, Ernest Renan, Friedrich Nietzsche, Eduard von Hartmann, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, John Henry Newman, Karl Marx, Alexis de Tocqueville and others.Jeremy Jennings, ed. "Reflections on violence" by Georges Sorel, Cambridge Texts of the History of Political Thought. Cambridge University Press, 1999. Pp. x.
Description	Reflections on Violence (Réflexions sur la violence) is a book by French revolutionary syndicalist Georges Sorel that was published in 1908.Marvin Perry, Matthew Berg, James Krukones. Sources of twentieth-century Europe. Houghton Mifflin, 2000. Pp. 46. Sorel argues that the success of the proletariat in class struggle depended on the creation of a catastrophic and violent revolution achieved through a general strike.Jeremy Jennings, ed. "Reflections on violence" by Georges Sorel, Cambridge Texts of the History of Political Thought. Cambridge University Press, 1999. Pp. ix, xiii.One of Sorel's most controversial statements claimed that violence could save the world from barbarism.Jeremy Jennings, ed. "Reflections on violence" by Georges Sorel, Cambridge Texts of the History of Political Thought. Cambridge University Press, 1999. Pp. ix, xvi. He equates violence with life, creativity, and virtue.Jeremy Jennings, ed. "Reflections on violence" by Georges Sorel, Cambridge Texts of the History of Political Thought. Cambridge University Press, 1999. Pp. xxi.A major contention argued by Sorel in the book is on the importance of myths as "expressions of will to act".Jeremy Jennings, ed. "Reflections on violence" by Georges Sorel, Cambridge Texts of the History of Political Thought. Cambridge University Press, 1999. Pp. xiii. He supports the creation of an economic system run by and for the interests of producers rather than consumers.Jeremy Jennings, ed. "Reflections on violence" by Georges Sorel, Cambridge Texts of the History of Political Thought. Cambridge University Press, 1999. Pp. xiv. Sorel's philosophical influences for the material in the book derive from Giambattista Vico, Blaise Pascal, Ernest Renan, Friedrich Nietzsche, Eduard von Hartmann, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, John Henry Newman, Karl Marx, Alexis de Tocqueville and others.Jeremy Jennings, ed. "Reflections on violence" by Georges Sorel, Cambridge Texts of the History of Political Thought. Cambridge University Press, 1999. Pp. x.

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Name	Reflections on Violence
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Authors	Georges Sorel
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Genre	Political theory , Economics , philosophical novel
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Language	French
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Country	France
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