Sorel: Reflections on Violence (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought) - Softcover

Sorel, Georges

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521559103 ISBN 13: 9780521559102

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1999

Synopsis

Georges Sorel's Reflections on Violence (1908) remains a controversial text to this day. It unashamedly advocates the use of violence as a means of putting an end to the corrupt politics of bourgeois democracy and of bringing down capitalism. It is both dangerous and fascinating, of enduring importance and interest to all those concerned about the nature of modern politics. This new student edition of Sorel's classic text is accompanied by notes, chronology, and bibliography, as well as a concise introduction to the context and content of this work.

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About the Author

Jeremy Jennings is Professor of Political Theory at Queen Mary, University of London, having previously held posts at the Universities of Swansea and Birmingham (UK). He received his D.Phil. from the University of Oxford. In 2007 he was made a Chevalier in the Ordre des Palmes Academiques for services rendered to French culture. Professor Jennings has published extensively on the history of political thought in France, the role of intellectuals in politics, and the history of socialism. In 2002 he published a new edition of Georges Sorel's Reflections on Violence and in 2005 co-edited a volume entitled Republicanism in Theory and Practice. He has recently published articles in the American Political Science Review, Review of Politics, Journal of Political Ideologies and Journal of the History of Ideas.

Language Notes

Text: English, French (translation)

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0521559103
• ISBN 13: 9780521559102
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 348
• Editor: Jennings Jeremy