Georges Sorel
French historian
Georges Eugène Sorel was a French social thinker, political theorist, historian, and later journalist. He has inspired theories and movements grouped under the name of Sorelianism. Wikipedia
Born: November 2, 1847, Cherbourg, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, France
Died: August 29, 1922 (age 74 years), Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Influenced by: Karl Marx, Henri Bergson, Friedrich Nietzsche, and more
Main interests: Science; Philosophy; Syndicalism; Activism
Notable ideas: Political myth; Sorelianism; Anti-elitism
Notable work: Reflections on Violence (1908)