Georges Sorel

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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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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 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-en-Cotentin
France
Manche
Normandy
placeOfDeath Boulogne-sur-Seine
France
Hauts-de-Seine
Île-de-France
politicalAlignment heterodox Marxist
revolutionary syndicalist
sexOrGender male


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