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'''Georges Eugène Sorel''', (1847-1922), was a theorist and father of revolutionary [[Syndicalism]]<ref>{{cite book|last1=Graeber|first1=David|title=Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology|date=2004|publisher=Dubois Publishing|isbn=978-0972819640|pages=18}}</ref> who "was deeply influenced by the [[Pragmatism]] of [[William James]].<ref name=lf37>''[[Liberal Fascism]]'', [[Jonah Goldberg]], Page 37</ref>  He is sometimes regarded as a philosopher, who wrote the influential tract on [[Anarcho-syndicalism]] titled ''Reflections on Violence''.  Through his ''Reflections'', Sorel wrote about his ideas about myths and their importance to galvanizing large groups of people to action.<ref>[http://www.redwedgemagazine.com/essays/heroic-deed-myth-revolution The Heroic Deed: Myth and Revolution]</ref>

'''Georges Eugène Sorel''', (1847–1922), was a theorist and father of revolutionary [[Syndicalism]]<ref>{{cite book|last1=Graeber|first1=David|title=Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology|date=2004|publisher=Dubois Publishing|isbn=978-0972819640|pages=18}}</ref> who "was deeply influenced by the [[Pragmatism]] of [[William James]].<ref name=lf37>''[[Liberal Fascism]]'', [[Jonah Goldberg]], Page 37</ref>  He is sometimes regarded as a philosopher, who wrote the influential tract on [[Anarcho-syndicalism]] titled ''Reflections on Violence''.  Through his ''Reflections'', Sorel wrote about his ideas about myths and their importance to galvanizing large groups of people to action.<ref>[http://www.redwedgemagazine.com/essays/heroic-deed-myth-revolution The Heroic Deed: Myth and Revolution]</ref>

* By marrying James's [[will to believe]] with [[Nietzsche]]'s [[will to power]], Sorel redesigned [[left-wing]] revolutionary politics from scientific socialism to a revolutionary [[religious movement]] that believed in the utility of the ''myth'' of [[scientific socialism]].<ref name=lf37 />

* By marrying James's will to believe with [[Nietzsche]]'s will to power, Sorel redesigned [[left-wing]] revolutionary politics from scientific socialism to a revolutionary religious movement that believed in the utility of the ''myth'' of [[scientific socialism]].<ref name=lf37 />

Sorel was highly influential, and was held in high regard by many.  [[Mussolini]], for example, "stood on Sorel's shoulders"<ref name=lf38>''[[Liberal Fascism]]'', [[Jonah Goldberg]], Page 38</ref> according to author Jonah Goldberg, who noted the influence Sorel had with the Italian Fascist movement.  Through his ideals on ''myth'', Sorel was also influential with [[Julius Evola]].  According to historian H. Stuart Hughes, Sorel was also held in high regard by [[Oswald Spengler]].  Spengler grouped Sorel among those "Socialists of higher quality and conservative ways of thinking."<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=l__lhQxYWdYC&pg=PA52 Oswald Spengler], by H. Stuart Hughes</ref><ref>[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.121879/page/n151 The Hour Of Decision, Part One: Germany And World-historical Evolution.], by Oswald Spengler, page 133</ref>

Sorel was highly influential, and was held in high regard by many.  [[Mussolini]], for example, "stood on Sorel's shoulders"<ref name=lf38>''[[Liberal Fascism]]'', [[Jonah Goldberg]], Page 38</ref> according to author Jonah Goldberg, who noted the influence Sorel had with the Italian Fascist movement.  Through his ideals on ''myth'', Sorel was also influential with [[Julius Evola]].  According to historian H. Stuart Hughes, Sorel was also held in high regard by [[Oswald Spengler]].  Spengler grouped Sorel among those "Socialists of higher quality and conservative ways of thinking."<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=l__lhQxYWdYC&pg=PA52 Oswald Spengler], by H. Stuart Hughes</ref><ref>[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.121879/page/n151 The Hour Of Decision, Part One: Germany And World-historical Evolution.], by Oswald Spengler, page 133</ref>

* [https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/106591295000300102?journalCode=prqa A Premature Fascist? ― Sorel and Mussolini]

* [https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/106591295000300102?journalCode=prqa A Premature Fascist? ― Sorel and Mussolini]

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