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Syndicalism
The heroic myth (Georges Sorel)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Society is divided into what two great classes? | Workers & bosses |
| What type of government fails the working class? | Parliamentary democracy |
| What did Sorel feel the working class needed to believe in? | Great myths |
| How were these myths made to seem real? | Through violence |
| It is the myth alone that is? | Important |
| Admirers of Sorel formed what group in 1911? | Cercle Proudhon |
| What did Sorel retire in his 50's to do? | Study social problems |
| What group had a growing readership of Sorel's essays? | The French radical left |
| Sorel's major collection of essays was? | "Reflections of Violence" |
| What was the most militant wing of the trade union movement? | Syndicalism |
| What was the pinnacle of syndicalist strategy? | The general strike-a mass stoppage of all work |
| What led to the collapse of the First International Workingmen's Association? | A split between anarchists and socialists |
| What was the pinnacle of syndicalist strategy? | The general strike-a mass stoppage of all work |