Georges Sorel

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essayist human philosopher political theorist social theorist

Georges Sorel was a French philosopher and social theorist best known for his reflections on violence, revolutionary syndicalism, and the myth of the general strike, which deeply influenced various radical political movements in the early 20th century.

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Label Occurrences
Georges Sorel canonical 15
George Sorel 1
Georges Eugène Sorel 1

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instanceOf essayist ⓘ
human ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
political theorist ⓘ
social theorist ⓘ
conceptCoined myth of the general strike ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship France ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1847-11-02 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1922-08-29 ⓘ
era 19th-century philosophy ⓘ
20th-century philosophy ⓘ
familyName Sorel ⓘ
fieldOfWork history of ideas ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
social philosophy ⓘ
sociology ⓘ
givenName Georges ⓘ
influenced Antonio Gramsci ⓘ
Benedetto Croce ⓘ
Charles Maurras ⓘ
French trade unionism ⓘ
Georges Valois ⓘ
Italian revolutionary syndicalism ⓘ
Vilfredo Pareto ⓘ
revolutionary syndicalism ⓘ
various early 20th-century radical movements ⓘ
influencedBy Giambattista Vico ⓘ
Henri Bergson ⓘ
Karl Marx ⓘ
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon ⓘ
knownFor critique of bourgeois progressivism ⓘ
critique of parliamentary democracy ⓘ
theory of political myth ⓘ
theory of revolutionary violence ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName French ⓘ
mainInterest class struggle ⓘ
myth and social myth ⓘ
proletariat ⓘ
revolutionary syndicalism ⓘ
trade unionism ⓘ
violence in politics ⓘ
movement Bergsonianism ⓘ
French socialism ⓘ
Marxism ⓘ
revolutionary syndicalism ⓘ
name Georges Sorel self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Georges Eugène Sorel
nationality French ⓘ
notableWork Illusions of Progress ⓘ
Reflections on Violence ⓘ
The Decomposition of Marxism ⓘ
The Socialist Future of the Syndicates ⓘ
occupation civil servant ⓘ
engineer ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Cherbourg ⓘ
surface form: Cherbourg-en-Cotentin

France ⓘ
Manche ⓘ
Normandy ⓘ
placeOfDeath Boulogne-sur-Seine ⓘ
France ⓘ
Hauts-de-Seine ⓘ
Île-de-France region ⓘ
surface form: Île-de-France
politicalAlignment heterodox Marxist ⓘ
revolutionary syndicalist ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Georges Eugène Sorel
T. E. Hulme → philosophicalInfluence → Georges Sorel ⓘ
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Illusions of Progress → author → Georges Sorel ⓘ
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The Decomposition of Marxism → author → Georges Sorel ⓘ
The Socialist Future of the Syndicates → author → Georges Sorel ⓘ
José Carlos Mariátegui → influencedBy → Georges Sorel ⓘ
Georges Valois → influencedBy → Georges Sorel ⓘ
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this entity surface form: George Sorel