Georges Sorel

Georges Eugène Sorel (* 2. November 1847 in Cherbourg; † 27. August 1922 in Boulogne sur its) was a French engineer and social philosopher.

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philosophy Sorel regarded itself as a Marxist, criticized however the left politicians as soft-light cheats, a whose goal was it only, “in a large bed to sleep”.

It developed the theory of the “myth” of the general strike and referred thereby to the revolutionary syndicalism. It is however misleading to reduce latter to the positions Sorels. As from Sorels work follows “over the force “, it regarded the society theory of Karl Marx as in principle correct. Since however the Bourgeoisie in contracts partly agreed with the Proletariat, it cannot come to the marxisitischen revolution. Therefore a general strike is necessary, so that the confidence of the Bourgeoisie is shaken into the loyalty to a contract of the Proletariats and the Bourgeoisie for their part the contracts any longer to hold. Thus the basis of the Marxist revolution was repaired.

The theories of Sorel affected in particular the Futurismus and found partly also entrance into thinking Benito Mussolini.

works

• “La décomposition you marxisme”, Paris 1908, dt: “The dissolution marxism “, Hamburg: Edition Nautilus 1978
• “Les illusion you progrès “, Paris 1908, English. “The illusion OF progress”, Berkeley: University OF California press 1969.
• “Réflexions sur la violence”, Paris 1908 dt.: “Over the force”, Frankfurt/Main: Suhrkamp 1969

literature

• Zeev star-brightly, Mario Sznaijder, Maia Asheri, “the emergence of the fascist ideology “, Hamburg: Hamburg edition 1999
• Armin Mohler, “Georges Sorel”, edition Antaios
• Michael friend, “Georges Sorel, the revolutionary Konservatismus”, Frankfurt ² 1972.
• Steer briefly: The problem of the Dekadenz since Georges Sorel. In: Heiko Kauffmann, Helmut Kellershohn, Jobst Paul (Hg.): Völki gang. Dekadenz and Wiedergeburt - analyses of right ideology. Münster, 2005. ISBN 3-89771-737-9

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