TY - BOOK ID - 29975145 TI - Reflections on violence AU - Sorel, Georges AU - Jennings, Jeremy PY - 1999 SN - 0521559103 052155117X 0511173113 0511039611 0511303246 0511152086 0511815611 1280416947 0511053231 1107112745 9780511039614 9780521551175 9780511815614 9780521559102 9781280416941 9780511173110 9780511152085 9780511303241 9780511053238 PB - United Kingdom ; New York : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Social conflict KW - Strikes and lockouts KW - Syndicalism KW - Violence KW - 814 Theorie van de internationale betrekkingen KW - Violent behavior KW - Combinations of labor KW - Lockouts KW - Work stoppages KW - Class conflict KW - Class struggle KW - Conflict, Social KW - Social tensions KW - Syndicalism. KW - Strikes and lockouts. KW - Social conflict. KW - Violence. KW - Social psychology KW - Interpersonal conflict KW - Sociology KW - Direct action KW - Labor disputes KW - Strikebreakers KW - Social movements KW - Labor unions KW - Social Sciences KW - Political Science UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:29975145 AB - 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 timid bourgeoisie. This edition of Sorel's classic text is accompanied by an editor's introduction by Jeremy Jennings, a leading scholar of political thought, both setting the work in its context and explaining its major themes. A chronology of Sorel's life and a list of further reading are included. ER -