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Georges Sorel

About the Author

Georges Sorel (1847–1922) was a French Socialist. He retired from civil service engineering in 1892 to dedicate himself to his philosophical studies. He became a Marxist in 1893, and later, a disciple of revolutionary syndicalism. His theory of the power of myth and violence in political rebellion was set forth in Reflections on Violence (1908), his most influential work.

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