Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction by Jeremy Jennings
- Select bibliography
- Chronology
- Biographical synopses
- Note on the text
- Note on the translation
- Reflections on violence
- Introduction: Letter to Daniel Halévy
- Foreword to the third edition
- Introduction to the first publication
- I Class struggle and violence
- II The decadence of the bourgeoisie and violence
- III Prejudices against violence
- IV The proletarian strike
- V The political general strike
- VI The ethics of violence
- VII The ethics of the producers
- Appendix I Unity and multiplicity
- Appendix II Apology for violence
- Appendix III In defence of Lenin
- Index
- Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
Foreword to the third edition
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction by Jeremy Jennings
- Select bibliography
- Chronology
- Biographical synopses
- Note on the text
- Note on the translation
- Reflections on violence
- Introduction: Letter to Daniel Halévy
- Foreword to the third edition
- Introduction to the first publication
- I Class struggle and violence
- II The decadence of the bourgeoisie and violence
- III Prejudices against violence
- IV The proletarian strike
- V The political general strike
- VI The ethics of violence
- VII The ethics of the producers
- Appendix I Unity and multiplicity
- Appendix II Apology for violence
- Appendix III In defence of Lenin
- Index
- Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
Summary
I have often been asked lately if since 1906 I have observed any facts that invalidate some of the arguments set forth in this book. On the contrary, I am more than ever convinced of the value of this philosophy of violence. I have even thought it useful to add to this reprint an ‘apology for violence’ that I published in Le Matin on 18 May 1908, at the time when the first edition appeared.
This is one of the books that public opinion does not allow an author to improve; I have only allowed myself to change a few words here and there in order to make certain phrases clearer.
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- Sorel: Reflections on Violence , pp. 37 - 38Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1999