Georges Sorel

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Dans son Introduction l' conomie moderne, dit pour la premi re fois en 1903, Georges Sorel s'arr te sur diff rentes th ses et pr sente les penseurs et pr curseurs de la science conomique. Il s'interroge sur les interactions entre le droit et la propri t , de ces derni res avec la libert , la constitution de la famille ou l'h ritage. Ces questions fondamentales s'articulent avec celles concernant les rapports de la production et de la consommation: coop ratives paysannes ou coalitions commerciales, mais aussi caisses de secours et de retraite. Surtout, au-del des consid rations conomiques, il pose la question de la place de l'homme: « ce n'est point pour les artisans que cette socialisation est faite, mais pour les forces de travail, pour des abstractions d'hommes.

Dans son Introduction l' conomie moderne, dit pour la premi re fois en 1903, Georges Sorel s'arr te sur diff rentes th ses et pr sente les penseurs et pr curseurs de la science conomique. Il s'interroge sur les interactions entre le droit et la propri t , de ces derni res avec la libert , la constitution de la famille ou l'h ritage. Ces questions fondamentales s'articulent avec celles concernant les rapports de la production et de la consommation: coop ratives paysannes ou coalitions commerciales, mais aussi caisses de secours et de retraite. Surtout, au-del des consid rations conomiques, il pose la question de la place de l'homme: « ce n'est point pour les artisans que cette socialisation est faite, mais pour les forces de travail, pour des abstractions d'hommes.

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Reflections on Violence was an explosive and controversial book in 1906, and it remains so today. In it, Georges Sorel rejects the decadence of bourgeois democracy and calls for a heroic vitalism of the working class, to be brought about by any means necessary, including violence.Sorel chastises the republicanism and parliamentary socialism of his day, but his insights apply to any vanguardist movement, making him of interest beyond the left, and a precursor to fascism. Drawing on Bergson, Renan, Vico, and others, Sorel underlines myth as the driving force behind political action, and offers the myth of the general strike as the way forward for the syndicalist movement.Sorel's insistence on the myth of the general strike can easily be transposed on to any group's quest for self-determination, and so his critiques of politicians, of utopians, and of moderates are as relevant today as they were a century ago.In the Imperium Press edition, the original translator's preface, which defends Sorel's purging of democracy from socialism, has been restored, along with two of Sorel's essays not included in the original Hulme translation. This edition also includes a foreword by Thomas777 and an essay on the historical context in which Sorel was writing

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Dans son Introduction a l'economie moderne, edite pour la premiere fois en 1903, Georges Sorel s'arrete sur differentes theses et presente les penseurs et precurseurs de la science economique. Il s'interroge sur les interactions entre le droit et la propriete, de ces dernieres avec la liberte, la famille ou l'heritage.

La philosophie de la violence de Georges Sorel r unit au plus haut point toutes les ambigu t s des philosophies de la vie, du pragmatisme et des pens es socialistes r volutionnaires. La violence dont il fait l' loge est celle de la gr ve g n rale syndicaliste dont la force de bouleversement sera telle qu'elle devrait mettre purement et simplement fin l'existence de l' tat. Mouvement d'insurrection de toute une classe, sans commune mesure avec les r ponses r pressives que peut lui apporter le pouvoir bourgeois, la violence ne peut que vaincre. Elle m ne au pouvoir mais elle permet aussi au prol tariat de trouver son identit . Il doit en na tre un monde politique in dit: car il ne s'agit pas de remplacer un groupe dominant par un autre, mais d'ouvrir une re politique nouvelle purifi e par la violence.

The prophet of social decadence, the theorist of violence and advocate of the general strike, the critic who stood Marx on his head, Georges Sorel was one of the foremost writers of this century to write extensively on the great importance of the moral aspects of social movements. His reconstruction of socialist ethics established him as one of the most remarkable critics of Marxist thought, and his writings in many aspects anticipated contemporary interpretations.From Georges Sorel, the first of two volumes of Sorel's work, presents his major contributions to social thought articles on Marxism, religion, syndicalism, social myths, the philosophy of history and science, as well as a large and newly translated segment of "Reflections on Violence." In his introduction, John Stanley disputes the frequently encountered view of Sorel as a reactionary or extreme rightist, and emphasizes Sorel's attempt to provide Western society with a morality based on labor, struggle, and family life.

Readers of economic and political theory as well as students of economic planning will appreciate this classic, now available for the first time in English. Written eighty years ago, when Sorel became disillusioned with the official socialism of the German and French Marxist parties, this new translation presents Sorel's analysis of the rise and fall of the two great modern ideologies: socialism and liberal capitalism. At present, when the fate of both of these ideologies seems in doubt, Sorel's analysis remains particularly insightful and fresh. Sorel explains why they seem to have fallen into disrepute just as they succeeded in an almost total monopoly of power in the advanced industrial countries of the world.Sorel notes a striking parallel in the historical evolution of both bodies of thought: productivity was the foremost ideal when both movements were at their most dynamic and socially effective stage. On the other hand, they were at their most decadent state when they no longer separated themselves from politics and embraced the ideals of social unity. This work is an attack on the time-honored notion of community solidarity whose Platonic and Aristotelian versions find their contemporary counterparts in notions of natural sociability and political obligation. This work anticipates much of the thinking that lies behind Sorel's famous Reflections on Violence and clearly expresses the moral basis of that work, as well as present tendencies in normative and empirical political thought.

Depuis longtemps, j'ai t frapp de voir que le d roulement normal des gr ves comporte un important cort ge de violences; quelques savants sociologues cherchent se dissimuler un ph nom ne que remarque toute personne qui consent regarder ce qui se passe autour d'elle. Le syndicalisme r volutionnaire entretient l'esprit gr viste dans les masses et ne prosp re que l o se sont produites des gr ves notables, men es avec violence. Le socialisme tend appara tre, de plus en plus, comme une th orie du syndicalisme r volutionnaire, - ou, encore, comme une philosophie de l'histoire moderne en tant que celle-ci est sous l'influence de ce syndicalisme. Il r sulte de ces donn es incontestables que, pour raisonner s rieusement sur le socialisme, il faut avant tout se pr occuper de chercher quel est le r le qui appartient la violence dans les rapports sociaux actuels. Je ne crois pas que cette question ait t encore abord e avec le soin qu'elle comporte; j'esp re que ces r flexions conduiront quelques penseurs examiner de pr s les probl mes relatifs la violence prol tarienne G.S