Existing social conditions favour the production of an infinite number of acts of violence and there has been no hesitation in urging the workers not… - Georges Sorel

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Existing social conditions favour the production of an infinite number of acts of violence and there has been no hesitation in urging the workers not to refrain from brutality when this might do them service.

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About Georges Sorel

Georges Eugène Sorel (2 November 1847 – 29 August 1922) was a French philosopher and theorist of . His notion of the power of myth in people's lives inspired anarchists, Marxists, and Fascists. It is, together with his defense of violence, the contribution for which he is most often remembered.

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Alternative Names: Georges Eugène Sorel

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