Reflections on Violence

✍ Scribed by Sorel, Georges

• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

In this controversial text, Sorel, a noted revolutionary, voices his belief in class warfare as a means of effecting lasting social change. His searching inquiry extends to the functions of violence, the sources of political power, the weapons of revolution, and the role of myths in converting and motivating people.

✦ Table of Contents

Introduction to the American Edition
Introduction: --Letter to Daniel Halevy
Introduction to the First Publication
Chapter 1 --Class War and Violence
Chapter 2 --Violence and the Decadence of the Middle Classes
Chapter 3 --Prejudices Against Violence
Chapter 4 --The Proletarian Strike
Chapter 5 --The Political General Strike
Chapter 6 --The Ethics of Violence
Chapter 7 --The Ethics of the Producers
Appendix 1 --Unity and Multiplicity
Appendix 2 --Apology for Violence
Appendix 3 --In Defense of Lenin.

✦ Subjects

HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century;Strikes and lockouts;Syndicalism;