Foreign thinker
Georges Sorel
Georges SorelPolitical Philosophy and SyndicalismFrench
"I call these sets of images, the knowledge of which is so important for historians, myths."
Life and Thought
Georges Sorel was a French social theorist and political thinker best known for his controversial book *Reflections on Violence*. In this work, he discussed the role of "myth" in political mobilization, particularly the myth of the general strike, and influenced syndicalist, Marxist, and even some later radical right-wing currents.
