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Sorel: Reflections on Violence
Georges Sorel
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Description for Sorel: Reflections on Violence
Paperback. A CTPT rendition of a controversial and important text. Editor(s): Jennings, Jeremy. Series: Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought. Num Pages: 348 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCX; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 436.
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 were to follow its publication and provided inspiration for Marxists and Fascists alike. Developing the ideas of violence, myth and the general strike, Sorel celebrates the heroic action of the proletariat as a means of saving the modern world from decadence and of re-invigorating the capitalist spirit of a ... Read more
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 were to follow its publication and provided inspiration for Marxists and Fascists alike. Developing the ideas of violence, myth and the general strike, Sorel celebrates the heroic action of the proletariat as a means of saving the modern world from decadence and of re-invigorating the capitalist spirit of a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
346
Condition
New
Series
Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
Number of Pages
348
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521559102
SKU
V9780521559102
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