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 w[...]
An original and provocative theory on the positive--even creative--role of myth and violence in the historical process, this work is a passionate outcry for the socialist overthrow of society. "Reflections on Violence first appeared as a series of articles in "Le Mouvement Socialiste in 1906; it app[...]
As his editor John L. Stanley points out, Georges Sorel was "that fascinating polymath." This volume, the third in his selected works in the English language published by Transaction, emphasizes Sorel's extraordinary writings in the philosophy of science, religion, culture, and art. For those who kn[...]